The Rifle Rangers
Adventures in South Mexico
By Captain Mayne Reid
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Quite a lively story! At one point the hero is to die by hanging by the
heels over a precipice! At another he and his companions are attacked
by a pack of snarling bloodhounds! And many other tense situations.
As usual with this prolific author the text is well interlarded with
Spanish words, and those from other languages, French, German, Latin,
Greek. We have done our best to get these words right, but beg to be
forgiven if you spot an error here and there.
In addition to our difficulties with the Spanish, there is an Irish
member of the cast whose words are so mis-pronounced that they
practically constitute a language of their own. Here again we have
tried to get the spellings as they appear in the book, but you can
quite see how difficult that has been.
This book first appeared in the 1850s, and went through several
editions in a few years. Forty years later there was a revival, and
again several editions appeared. There are people even nowadays who
revere "Captain" Mayne Reid as the first author to start this genre:
authentic books about the wilder parts of North America, and its
history. NH
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THE RIFLE RANGERS
ADVENTURES IN SOUTH MEXICO