by Burt Garfield Loescher.  Softbound, 438 pages, 5-1/2" x 8-1/2".  Based primarily on the Loudoun Manuscripts in the Huntington, West Virginia, library, here is the history of the very beginning of Rogers' Rangers, the elite military unit that set the standards for future special forces.  Volume I covers the years in which Ranger activities reached their height during the French and Indian War.  Includes a color print of Robert Rogers by Helene Loescher, the author's  wife, illustrations of early Rangers, maps of the two famous snowshoe battles of La Barbue Creek and Rogers' Rock, and a fold-out map of 22 early Ranger battles between 1755-1758.  An essential addition to the collection of any Ranger enthusiast!