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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780380805938
ISBN number: 0380805936
Label: Harper Perennial
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 384
Printing Date: August 01, 2001
Publishing house: Harper Perennial
Release Date: July 31, 2001
Sale Popularity Level: 614630
Studio: Harper Perennial
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From the raw clay of historical fact, James Carlos Blake has sculpted a powerful novel of both a man and an America at war with themselves. Here is the brutally honest story of free-spirit William Anderson, who is pulled into a savage conflict of state against state in the years leading up to the Civil War. When Bill suffers a catastrophic loss, a fury is unleashed in his anguished soul. He becomes the most fearsome guerrilla captain and earns a name that becomes whispered with reverence and terror: 'Bloody Bill.'
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Blake is an outstanding prose artist, no doubt about it. But his fascination/obsession with notorious perpetrators of bloody violence can lead him to exalt the unworthy, which he does in this book. Simply put, Bloody Bill Anderson was a violent, amoral killer undeserving of the generous eulogy Blake delivers here. He depicts an Anderson who is witty, loving (even incestually), a devotee of Shakespeare, a loyal friend -- but who is occasionally forced into deploying his ultaviolent tendencies against evil, faceless, enemies. In this book he is portrayed as a sort of Rambo of the prairie. But in almost any context Anderson's actions are morally indefensible. In reality he was a sociopathic product of the sectional hatreds that tore this country apart in the 19th century. His savage actions certainly tell us something important about the struggle for the soul of America during the time of the Civil War, but his life is hardly admirable and Blake's endeavor to turn him into something of an amiable, iconic figure doesn't make a lot of sense. By the time Anderson is finally killed, unless you still have an adolescent, dime-novel admiration for this unrepentant killer, his demise comes as something of a relief.
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This is an excellent fictionalized account of the Kansas-Missouri war during the Civil Way. Though cowboys are on the cover there are no cowboys inside. The gorilla warfare was unheard of on the scale it was carried out by both sides during the Civil War in MIssouri. By following the life and times of William Anderson --Blake introduces the reader to the context and rationale behind these act. The events that take place in the book are accurate --and unbelievable. The correlations with the IRAQ conflict are undeniable. Be warned this a blunt accurate account. Nothing is left out or glossed over. Excellent.
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All i can say about Wildwood Boys is that it made me want to fight the Unioners and rustle horses and roam to the great wild west.
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Blake saddles you up and sends you out riding and raiding with Quantrill's Raiders and Bloody Bill Anderson's Gang. It was hell. The political situation was all screwed-up and the worst type of border warfare erupted all over. You'll see it all first-hand as only Blake can tell it. You'll ride like hell, fight like hell, stink like hell, and hell, some of you won't make it. Saddle up!
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THIS WAS AN EXCELLENT BOOK. I LOVED IT. IT TOOK ME BACK TO THAT TIME AND PLACE, AND GAVE ME A LOOK AT A GREAT HISTORICAL STORY. ONE REVIEWER WAS SO BIAS, I AM SURE HE WAS FOR THE OPPOSITE SIDE IN THIS STORY. HE MUST BE VERY UNHAPPY AND COWARDLY IN HIS APPROACHES TO NOVELS.
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