by Michael N. McConnell. Softbound, 213 pages, 6" x 9". This book examines the lives and experiences of the British soldiers in the complex, evolving cultural frontiers of the West in British America. From the first appearance of the Redcoats in the West until the outbreak of the American Revolution, the author explores all aspects of peacetime service, including the soldiers diet and health, mental well-being, social life, transportation, clothing and the environment in which they lived and worked.