Great! You'll enjoy it and learn a lot about our common history before the 49th became a wall along the DMZ, only penetrable by illegal immigrants crossing it by hundreds daily, delivered by bus and taxi.
Tolton has other titles as well, all of them about the history of the era. I asked him if there was any money in writing about Canadian history. Answer: "No, it's a ticket to the poor house, but I can't help it. Somebody has to tell the story."
Gotta admire a man like that!
Yes, I've invested a lot in my portrayals over the years in uniforms, medals, rifles, bayonets, travel, etc. It was a lot of fun and a joy to educate the unwashed, unletterred, unappreciative public about the history of their country prior to political correctness.
It irritated the hell out of me explaining that I was NOT a member of the NWMP but a Royal Engineer circa 1858-63, the era of the Cariboo Gold Rush. In Canada, the red serge automatically means NWMP/RCMP in people's minds. I took great delight in 'splaining that the upstart NWMP never came along until 1873.
Here's a trick for you - if you can't 'splain adequately from the era, you draw a line in the dirt and step across into the current time frame. Do your 'splaining and then step back into your era.
Some things cannot be interpreted otherwise.