Northwest passage book i rogers rangers poster langdon towne and hunk marriner join major rogers rangers as they wipe out an indian village. The first half of the novel was adapted as the film northwest passage 1940. Northwest passage book rogers rangers book 1, north west, jon snow. These greenclad frontiersmen served as the eyes and ears of the british army during the french and indian war, and played an integral role in englands conquest of new france.
Kenneth roberts historical novel northwest passage 1937 portrays the events of rogers rangers raid on the abenaki town of st. Told through the eyes of primary character langdon towne, much of this novel centers around 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. Northwest passage is one of the few films about the seven years war that isnt based on a james fenimore cooper novel, and in that sense, its a welcome lesson in how that important period has come to be mythologized in popular culture. Often employing techniques eschewed by the british regulars, the unit was able to move. Northwest passage herbert stothart film score monthly. The life and music of stan rogers is a wonderful collection of stories, memories, and facts on stans career and the people in his life. 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 structurally, northwest passage is divided into halves. Northwest passage by stan rogers goodreads share book. Northwest passage 1940 movie clip those red helions.
The british thought robert rogers 28 rangers rules were unconventional. Quaint and folksy, these orders have nonetheless been adopted by the modern u. As major rogers, a winning spencer tracy courageously guides his men through hostile territory and all manner of ambush, famine, whitewater rapids, and. The rangers go into canada to attack an indian town on a lake, surrounded by a stockade. Roberts version of rogers rangers rules is now included in the u. Goodreads members who liked northwest passage also liked. Mar, 20 this was supposed to be the sequel, and indeed its own title card announces it as northwest passage book i rogers rangers. Herr, 1 book michael solka, 1 book dennis mccallum, 1 book jabez fitch, 1 book. The idea for this paper came to me while i was watching the northwest passage, book 1 rogers rangers, a metrogoldwynmayer picture. All rangers are to be subject to the rules and articles of war.
The following standing orders, which are distinct from the 28 rules listed above, are a work of fiction. Within the written conversation between the fictitious. Long lines of rowboats work their way upriver, and rogers watches from the hills as boats of men in bright french uniforms pass in the other direction. Northwest passage part one rogers rangers northwest passage book i rogers rangers northwest passage movie information from citwf, the free online movie database covering over 507,364 movies from 175 countries. Recalling the colonial unit, they took the name rangers as the official title. Fogartys cove, turnaround, between the breaks live. Instead, roberts based his heros standing orders off of rogers. It was based on the first part of kenneth robertss 1937 novel of the same name. The dramatic focus is the events surrounding major robert rogers rangers raid on the.
In february 2020, the film was shown at the 70th berlin international film festival, as part of a retrospective dedicated to king vidors career. Sep 25, 2018 with muskets in hand and ready for action, rogers rangers make the perilous trek across the rugged landscape, traversing swamps, rapids and mountains in order to fulfil their standing orders to raid the indian village at saint francis, a settlement of the abenakis, an american indian tribe. Though it was a hit with audiences, it had cost too much to make. Northwest passage book i rogers rangers is the 1940 adventure score by herbert stothart, mgms premier composer in the 1930s and 40s, presented in nearly complete form from the monaural optical film masters, with a few otherwise lost cues added from the films musicandeffects track. Robert rogers, 8 books burt garfield loescher, 3 books roberts, kenneth lewis, 3 books mary cochrane rogers, 2 books bob bearor, 1 book harold mcgill jackson, 1 book laurence stallings, 1 book john f. Northwest passage is an historical novel by kenneth roberts, published in 1937. Tracy is superb as rogers, an inspiring leader who carries our attention and commands respect throughout the movie. Apr 04, 2011 the truth about the rogers standing orders is that nearly two decades later, robert rogers served as the role model for kenneth roberts protagonist in the 1936 novel northwest passage.
His standing orders are still printed on the inside cover of the armys ranger handbook. Its notoriety being created firstly by rogers own writingshe was not ashamed to put himself in the lime light and more recently by the film northwest passage in 1940 starring spencer tracey. John stark of manchester, rogers trusted lieutenant, became a key general in the revolution. List of books and articles about northwest passage online. In it, he made up standing orders from the 28 rangers rules.
Book irogers rangers, american adventure film, released in 1940, that deals with events of the french and indian war, a theme rarely explored in film. Based on kenneth roberts bestseller, tracy plays truelife explorer major robert rogers, the intrepid leader of the celebrated rogers rangers fighting force that took on one of the most. Both towne and hunk decide to join rogers rangers themselves. Rogers rangers 1757 these are the 19 standing orders taught to. Northwest passage book irogers rangers 1940 overview. Standing orders rogers rangers the basis for the us army ranger creed. The episodes told the story of their trials and tribulations searching for the northwest passage and their battles with both the french and indians during this war.
Northwest passage originally titled an unfinished conversation. Discover the northwest passage with this illustrated book inspired by the song northwest passage by canadian folk musician stan rogers. Stan rogers was noted for his rich, baritone voice and his finelycrafted, traditionalsounding songs which were frequently inspired by canadian history and the daily lives of working people, especially those from the fishing villages of the maritime provinces and, later, the farms. Northwest passage recounts the adventures of rogers rangers, an 18thcentury expeditionary force charged with wiping out an indian tribe on the american frontier during the seven years war. Tracing one warm line through a land so wild and savage and make a. Apr 17, 2009 ah, for just one time i would take the northwest passage to find the hand of franklin reaching for the beaufort sea. The show is actually titled northwest passage, book 1 rogers rangers, with the idea that a book two would continue the story. Northwest passage is divided into two parts dramatizing the career of major robert rogers as the leader of rogerss rangers during the french and indian war and his subsequent failure as an. The film is also a hard lesson to filmmakers about the risks of designing a multipart movie.
Northwest passage book 1 rogers rangers charlie 20110205. Listen to your favorite songs from northwest passage by stan rogers now. Oct 08, 20 towne goes back to his girlfriend ruth hussey, and the rangers march off to the west, supposedly in search of the northwest passage across the continent. Northwest passage by stan rogers on amazon music unlimited. Call it a historical pastiche of life prior to the american revolution.
Robert rogers was a popularly acclaimed military leader during the french and indian war, who institutionalized many frontierstyle practices of warfare and whose forces are regarded by some as the model for later ranger activities rogers was born in methuen, massachusetts, but spent his formative years on the frontier in new hampshire. Ive never read the roberts books, so i cant comment on how faithful the film is to its source material. After going north on lake champlain to a point where the. Nov 22, 2006 better known as rogers standing orders, the list of 19 downhome directives such as, dont forget nothing, was supposedly created by 18th century ranger pioneer maj. On 6 august, howe authorized major rogers to raise a battalion of rangers. North west passage, book 1 rogers rangers mgm, 1940. Judging from the obvious expense on screen, id say that mgm pulled the plug on any continuation. Stanley allison stan rogers november 29, 1949 june 2, 1983 was a canadian folk musician and songwriter. The picture is based on a novel by kenneth roberts titled northwest passage 1937. Northwest passage 1940 robert young as langdon towne. Structurally, northwest passage is divided into halves.
Rogers rangers possibly the most famous of the ranger units. The truth about the rogers standing orders is that nearly two decades later, robert rogers served as the role model for kenneth roberts protagonist in the 1936 novel northwest passage. Northwest passage and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. Fogartys cove tshirt we have a number of sizes in this white tshirt. When the movie project was green lighted, this was supposed to be the first of possibly several movies. Five original stan rogers albums, fully remastered. Find books like northwest passage from the worlds largest community of readers. Rogers stan miscellaneous northwest passage northwest passage stan rogers cho. The first half of the novel was adapted in this film by talbot jennings and laurence. At the very end of the movie, rogers is tasked to take his men on an exploratory mission to look for the northwest passage. Northwest passage book irogers rangers kenneth robertss novel northwest passage chronicles the exploits of major robert rogers 17311795, who during the french and indian war raised and commanded an independent unit of lightinfantry soldiers attached to the british army known as rogers rangers. Rangers standing orders historically inaccurate shadowspear.
Rogers rangers was initially a provincial company from the colony of new hampshire. He was made famous in the 1940 film northwest passage. This is a great movie based on an historical novel of an exciting true life event of the french and indian war. Based on the truelife exploits of early american colonial frontiersman, robert rogers, who served in the british army during both the french and indian war and the american revolution, he. The french and indian casualties may have included one of the captured. Kenneth and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. One of the first american heroes in our nations history was a man who had two distinct lives. The book northwest passage popularized and paraphrased rogers standing. One warm line the legacy of stan rogers special edition dvd, includes a newlyenhancedversion of the original film with neverbeforeseen special features. Ebenezer webster of east kingston, future father of statesman daniel webster, is among the rangers portrayed in the book version of northwest passage by kenneth roberts.
He traveled to england and wrote a book, a concise account of north. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Northwest passage was one of my favorites as a teen, but i hadnt give it a thought in more than twoscore. Ah, for just one time i would take the northwest passage to find the hand of franklin reaching for the beaufort sea. Apr, 2020 although rogers fought for the british, most of his rangers became patriots. The first half is a carefully researched, daybyday recreation of the raid by rogers rangers on the indian village a. This classic novel follows the career of major rogers, whose incredible exploits during the. Rogers must rescue his young officer before the indians can force him to reveal the rangers attack plans. As langdon gradually draws strength, wisdom, and experience from adversity, major rogers slowly crumbles before hardship. Mcclure penetrated the passage from the west along the northern coast of the continent and by a land expedition reached viscount melville sound, which had been reached 181920 by parry from the east. Northwest passage the new breed by roberts, kenneth elliot, douglass and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Major rogers plans for a decisive blow against the french army are thwarted when ensign towne is captured by black wolfs tribesmen. This explains why the characters never actually make it to the northwest passage. Rogers rangers, the green berets of colonial america, are recognized as one of the finest fighting forces the world has ever known. The methuen high school in massachusetts uses the nickname rangers.
Robert rogers writes 28 rangers rules new england historical. This is an excerpt from the feature documentary one warm line. Tracing one warm line through a land so wild and savage. Helping rogers, an experienced explorer and indian fighter, were hunk marriner, another experienced indian fighter, and langdon towne, a harvard graduate who was the map maker. But the rangers reach their target, a large village of enemy abenaki indians, undetected. The classic movie northwest passage covered the first part of the book, while the second takes place partly in england, where colonel rogers has fallen on hard times.
Although this battalion was named the queens american rangers or, more commonly, the queens rangers, the american newspapers quickly took to referring to them as rogers rangers. With muskets in hand and ready for action, rogers rangers make the perilous trek across the rugged landscape, traversing swamps, rapids and mountains in order to fulfil their standing orders to raid the indian village at saint francis, a settlement of the abenakis, an american indian tribe. Author kenneth rogers wrote a monumental novel with remarkable attention to detail. Northwest passage is a book about the explorers who venture into the northwest passage in canada. The rest of the story covers the adventures of rogers rangers in combat and as they slowly starve on the long road back to civilization. Northwest passage was produced in one of the golden years of the golden era of. American ranger leads expedition against indian town and dreams of finding overland passage to the pacific maps on liningpapers book i of this novel appeared serially under the title of rogers rangers. Kenneth lewis roberts this classic novel follows the career of major rogers, whose incredible exploits during the french and indian wars are told through langdon towne, an artist and harvard student who flees trouble to. Rogers rangers shows that mgm and king vidor intended to complete the story in a second film, which was never made due to the lengthy production obstacles that plagued this film. Army was interested in the tactics of the british commando units. Bloody and spectacular raid by rogers rangers against indians in hostile territory. This is a dismally bad story of how rangers captain spencer tracy leads his men valiantly through all sorts of hardships in order to massacre some abenaki indians. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Herbert stothart, cyril mockridge, harry sukman, david.
This is a great movie based on an historical novel of an exciting true life event of the french and. Army rangers and are placed just after the ranger creed in every edition of the ranger handbook. Jul 08, 2016 watch the legendary stan rogers perform northwest passage, often considered canadas alternate national anthem. Book i of this novel appeared serially under the title of rogers rangers.
Jan 01, 2001 the rangers go into canada to attack an indian town on a lake, surrounded by a stockade. 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. Beautifully illustrated, and paired with the words from the song, this book also includes a timeline of northern exploration, a minibiography of important explorers, and the music and verses for the song northwest passage. Passage book i rogers spencer tracy, walter brennan, and robert young in northwest. They set out for fort wentworth, but when they arrive they find no soldiers and none of the supplies they expected. As the leader of modern ranger regiment forerunner rogers rangers, rogers supposedly created the orders as a type of working field manual for his troops. Originally included in a 1936 kenneth roberts historical fiction novel, northwest passage, rogers standing orders were never actually.
Robert rogers, the brilliant if flawed first american special operator. Almost all of northwest passage takes place outdoors among beautiful landscapes of forests and lakes. The cast spencer tracy, robert young, walter brennan, etc. The book structure itself uses the song, northwest passage by stan rogers and repeats the lines from the chorus throughout the book. Northwest passage is a 1940 technicolor film, starring spencer tracy, robert young, walter brennan, ruth hussey, and others. Listen free to stan rogers northwest passage northwest passage, the field behind the plow and more. Northwest passage book i rogers rangers awards imdb.
Book 1 rogers rangers king vidor, 1940 the posters warned northwest passage was not suitable for children which it might be, with its stories of atrocities, men who fight with muskets and axes, and the good of the many philosophy. Northwest passage is the story of revenge within the framework of the french and indian war, a fantastic account of courage, endurance and heroism. Set in colonial america during the french and indian war, historical novelist kenneth roberts northwest passage is an epic work about the largerthanlife major rogers and the artist langdon towne who joins rogers rangers. It turned out he was an indian aficionado, too, with the french and indian war 17541763 being one of his specialties. Within the written conversation between the fictitious characters langdon towne and sergeant mcnott one can find the foundation for the wording of what. Ross, 1 book talbot jennings, 1 book rogers r, 1 book ethel l. The actual existence of the northwest passage had been proved, and the long search was over. In 1937, kenneth roberts wrote a novel about rogers rangers called northwest passage. V ariety praised herbert stotharts characteristically thematic score as one of the finest yet written for films. Northwest passage by kenneth roberts, first edition abebooks.
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