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! Sioux Dawn: The Fetterman Massacre, 1866 (The Plainsmen Series) Ð PDF Download by * Terry C. Johnston eBook or Kindle ePUB Online free. Sioux Dawn: The Fetterman Massacre, 1866 (The Plainsmen Series) Settlers and soldiers poured out of the East along the Bozeman Trail, cutting deep into sacred Sioux hunting grounds. For Red Cloud and his warriors, there would be no choice but to fight for their ancestral rights.Seen through the eyes of gruff Sergeant Seamus Donegan, here is the historically accurate tale of a tragic opening to the war between two great civilization: the Fetterman Massacre of 1866.. His Plainsmen series brims with colorful characters, fierce battles and compelling historical
| Title | : | Sioux Dawn: The Fetterman Massacre, 1866 (The Plainsmen Series) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.38 (829 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0312927320 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-24 |
| Language | : | English |
Settlers and soldiers poured out of the East along the Bozeman Trail, cutting deep into sacred Sioux hunting grounds. For Red Cloud and his warriors, there would be no choice but to fight for their ancestral rights.Seen through the eyes of gruff Sergeant Seamus Donegan, here is the historically accurate tale of a tragic opening to the war between two great civilization: the Fetterman Massacre of 1866.. His Plainsmen series brims with colorful characters, fierce battles and compelling historical lore.The Civil War was over, and a great westward march began. No one captures the glory, adventure and drama of the courageous men and women who tamed the America West like award-winning author Terry Johnston
"Five Stars" according to Kindle Customer. the first in the series a really great read. War on the American Plains A great way to read American history about the plains. Seamus Donegan is the fiction to make the factual readable. Johnston's overuse of similes does get tiring after awhile, but not enough to stop reading. Hubris leads a troop of US Cavalry to their deaths in 1866.. "Say it ain't so, Joe!" according to Kris. I listened to the audiocassette of this massacre. Massacres come out a little different on audio than they do in a movie, or in a book, or (!) in person? Anyway, they're harder to follow, because the geography is abstract and so are the people. All I know is that Colonel Carrington, Jim Bridger, and Sergeant Seamus Donnegan are the good guys. Fetterman (I forget his rank, but he's a hotshot something) and Captain Brown are the bad guys (and they pay big time!). Man-afr
The Indians are portrayed as bloodthirsty freaks who delight in mutilation and murder, rather than as a race of men and women battling to save their cultural identity. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. The author's preoccupation with gory details and his penchant for schmaltzy dialogue make this a queasy read indeed. Readers will find Johnston's account narrow-minded, the action disjointed and badly paced. Hero Seamus Donegan is an outsider from Ireland who transcends unjust charges of cowardice to earn the respect and admiration of his comrades-in-arms as they struggle to establish a fort in hostile Sioux country. His heart as big as Montana, Donegan is the only likable character in this strangely schizophrenic
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