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Northwest Passage is an historical novel by Kenneth Roberts, published in 1937.Told through the eyes of primary character Langdon Towne, much of the novel follows the exploits and character of Robert Rogers, the leader of Rogers' Rangers, who were a colonial force fighting with the British during the French and Indian War.
Kenneth Roberts' historical novel Northwest Passage (1937) portrays the events of Rogers' Rangers' raid on the Abenaki town of St. Francis. The first half of the novel was adapted as the film Northwest Passage (1940), starring Spencer Tracy as Rogers. During the Second World War, the U.S. Army was interested in the tactics of the British ...
Northwest Passage, also billed as Northwest Passage (Book 1: Rogers' Rangers), is a 1940 American Western film in Technicolor, directed by King Vidor. It stars Spencer Tracy , Robert Young , Walter Brennan and Ruth Hussey .
One of Lorimer's last acts as editor of the Saturday Evening Post was to serialize Northwest Passage in 1936 and 1937. As a result of the success of the serialization, the book, when published, became the second-best-selling novel in 1937 and fifth best for the year 1938.
Maj. Rogers is an inaugural inductee into the United States Army Ranger Hall of Fame in 1992, [20] for tactics and success as a Ranger, setting the standard for today's U.S. Army Rangers. Camp Rogers, on the eastern edge of Fort Moore , is the location of the Ranger Assessment Phase of U.S. Army Ranger School , and the headquarters compound for ...
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Northwest Passage is a 1958–59 26-episode half-hour adventure television series produced by Metro Goldwyn Mayer about Major Robert Rogers during the time of the French and Indian War (1756–63). The show derived its title and the main characters Rogers, Towne, and Marriner from the 1937 novel of the same name by Kenneth Roberts , and from ...
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