Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780684803210
ISBN number: 0684803216
Label: Scribner
Manufacturer: Scribner
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 288
Printing Date: March 04, 1996
Publishing house: Scribner
Sale Popularity Level: 3431563
Studio: Scribner
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Product Description:
In 1876, Captain Thomas Meynard is sent to Fort Larkin, a small military outpost in the Dakota Territory, to investigate the murder of General Alfred Englund and uncovers the shocking truth about the crime . . . much to the military's dismay. 10,000 very first printing.
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This book is entertaining from start to finish. The protagonist is likeable and the characters are convincing. Honig communicates well the frontier army experience after the Civil War.
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Although set in the time after the American Civil War, much of the story concerns remembrances of the war by various soldiers who are still serving together under General Englund. Several Civil War battles are described in a way that brings them alive. The characters are all real characters, each one an individual. The detective, Thomas Maynard, is a likeable fellow. I found the mystery interesting; the solution satisfying without being obvious and the rest of the story compelling reading.
My husband thought the book started too slowly, but he enjoyed it too.
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