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Rod Macleod

Rod Macleod, Professor Emeritus, was professor of History and Classics at the University of Alberta from 1969 until he retired in 2005. During his tenure he served as Chair of the Department of History and later as Associate Dean of Arts. He has written extensively on the history of Western Canada as well as Canadian legal and military history. His books include The Mounties and Prairie Fire: The 1885 North West Rebellion as well as The North West Mounted Police and Law Enforcement 1873-1905. Rod is the official historian for the University of Alberta. In that capacity he researched and wrote All True Things: A History of the University of Alberta, 1908 – 2008, published by the University of Alberta Press. He served two terms as the Alberta representative on the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. Rod Macleod lives in Edmonton.

Books by Rod Macleod

Sam Steele

A Biography

by (author) Rod Macleod

All True Things

A History of the University of Alberta, 1908-2008

by (author) Rod Macleod

From Rupert's Land to Canada

Essays in Honour of John E. Foster

edited by Ted Binnema, Gerhard J. Ens & Rod Macleod

Swords and Ploughshares

War and Agriculture in Western Canada

edited by Rod Macleod

Gunner Jingo's Jubilee

by (author) Thomas Bland Strange & Rod Macleod

The Reminiscences of a Bungle by One of the Bunglers

And Two Other Northwest Rebellion Diaries

edited by Rod Macleod

The North-West Mounted Police and Law Enforcement, 1873-1905

by (author) Rod Macleod