Far bright star : a novel

Resource Information

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Label

Far bright star : a novel

Title remainder

a novel

Statement of responsibility

by Robert Olmstead

Creator

• Olmstead, Robert

Subject

• United States, Army -- History -- Punitive Expedition into Mexico, 1916 -- Fiction
• Historical fiction
• Villa, Pancho, 1878-1923 -- Fiction
• Soldiers -- United States -- Fiction
• Revolutionaries -- Mexico -- Fiction
• Cavalry -- Fiction
• Historical fiction
• Mexican-American Border Region -- Fiction

Genre

• Fiction
• Historical fiction

Language

eng

Summary

The year is 1916. The enemy, Pancho Villa, is elusive. The terrain is unforgiving, the intense heat and dust both relentless and overpowering. Through the mountains and across the long dry stretches of Mexico, Napoleon Childs, an aging cavalryman, leads an expedition of inexperienced horse soldiers on seemingly fruitless searches. Napoleon has weathered the storms of battle with a toughness that has become like a second skin, with the Rattler, a horse who's as flinty and seasoned as he. But this time, Napoleon can't control one of his young soldiers who has a penchant for reckless, dramatic actions--and who singlehandedly, in his desire to prove himself, makes a move that is the beginning of the end. Before long, Napoleon's patrol is at the mercy of an enemy who is intent not only on killing Napoleon's men but on something much bigger: avenging a brutal act

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

813/.54

Index

no index present

LC call number

PS3565.L67

LC item number

F37 2009

Literary form

fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries