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Black Sun: The Battle of Summit Springs, 1869
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Product Description
Grueling winter gave way to bloody spring as Seamus Donegan and his fellow Army scouts rode west with the Kansas Pacific Railway. Led by the legendary "Buffalo" Bill Cody, they withstood blazing hit-and-run raids by Cheynne Dog Soldiers--while trailed by a skulking enemy from Donegan's past. Then, in midsummer, the fleeing Cheyennes camped. And the 5th Cavalry mounted the brutal surprise attack that would give rise to a fierce new warrior-leader named White Horse: the battle of Summit Springs, 1869.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #429760 in Books
- Published on: 1991-04-15
- Released on: 2012-02-28
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: 1.01" h x 4.24" w x 6.74" l, .49 pounds
- Binding: Mass Market Paperback
- 416 pages
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Armchair cowboys hankering for the excitement of military campaigns may enjoy this tale of the Old West, where white men are brave, red men are savages and women are better off someplace else. Other readers, however, will find their patience tried by the work's limited perspective and its facile reduction of motives to good and evil. This new addition to Johnston's ( The Stalkers ) Plainsmen series continues the story of Seamus Donegan, who is hired as a civilian scout by the U.S. Fifth Cavalry's chief of scouts--none other than "Buffalo Bill" Cody; the two promptly become fast friends. The Fifth's mission is to drive the Plains Indians toward Custer's Seventh Cavalry. Although they put in long hours tracking and withstanding attacks by the Cheyenne, Donegan and Cody occasionally have some fun: when "Wild Bill" Hickok spends some time with the Fifth, they hijack a beer shipment en route to another army outpost (an event that the author, in his introduction, assures us did take place) and whup some Mexican scouts in a fistfight, even though the three of them are pitted against 15 of those "blood-eyed greasers."
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
Praise for Terry C. Johnston’s bestselling Plainsmen Series
“Rich and fascinating…There is a genuine flavor of the period and of the men who made it what it was.”—Washington Post Book World
“The author’s attention to detail and authenticity, coupled with his ability to spin a darned good yarn, makes it easy to see why Johnston is today’s bestselling frontier novelist. He’s one of a handful that truly knows the territory.”—Chicago Tribune
“Action-packed...lively, lusty fascinating.”—Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph
“Johnston is a skilled storyteller whose words ring with desperation, confusion, and utter horror of a fight to the death between mortal enemies.”—Publishers Weekly
“Meticulously researched…genius.”—Rocky Mountain News
“Johnston [is] the great frontier historical novelist of his generation.”—Spur Award-winning author Paul Andrew Hutton, of Phil Sheridan and His Army
“Excellent...keep[s] readers in suspense.”—Fred Werner, noted Western historian
“Johnston can be considered the king of the Indian wars’ fiction writers.”—John D, McDermott, author of A Guide to the Indian Wars of the West
“Memorable characters, a great deal of history and lore...and deep insight into human nature, Indian or white.”—Booklist“Johnston’s way of telling his story will capture your imagination!”—Guns & Ammo
“Gutsy adventure-entertainment...larded with just the right amounts of frontier sentiment.”
—Kirkus Reviews
Ingram
Riding west with the Kansas Pacific Railway, Seamus Donegan and his fellow army scouts, under the direction of Bill Cody, test their skills against multiple Cheyenne Raids that lead to the Battle of Summit Springs. Reissue.
