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- Publisher: Otis Audio; Abridged edition (August 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1890990981
- ISBN-13: 978-1890990985
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 10.8 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 163 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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"Rich and fascinating." --Washington Post Book World
--This text refers to the
Mass Market Paperback
edition.
Book Description
Devil's Backbone
Terry C. Johnston
The Modoc Indians and American officials had been flirting with war in the Oregon Territory for some time. When Modoc chief Keintpoos murdered a Civil War hero during negotiations, the U.S. Army launched a deadly offensive against the rebel tribe. Besieged in the natural stronghold of the Lava Beds near Tule Lake, the Modocs waged bloody war for seven long months.
Sergeant Seamus Donegan, on the trail of his uncle, Ian O'Rourke, arrived at Tule Lake just as the conflict erupted. Soon Donegan and the brooding O'Rourke found themselves embroiled in what would be the costliest war in frontier history...
--This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A very well written acount of the Modoc War,
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This review is from: Devil's Backbone: The Modoc War, 1872-3 (Mass Market Paperback)
This is the first (and not last) book I've read by Johnston, and it was very good. At times it was hard to keep reading it, at times it was hard to put down. I'm very glad I read this, and I think anyone else interested in this time period should definetly pick this up. And of course read it.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A very well written acount of the Modoc War,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Devil's Backbone: The Modoc War, 1872-3 (Mass Market Paperback)
This is the first (and not last) book I've read by Johnston, and it was very good. At times it was hard to keep reading it, at times it was hard to put down. I'm very glad I read this, and I think anyone else interested in this time period should definetly pick this up. And of course read it.
4.0 out of 5 stars
A decent first book about the Modoc War,
By Peter Andresen "wahkahchim" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Devil's Backbone: The Modoc War, 1872-3 (Mass Market Paperback)
This is fiction, with fictional primary characters, but it deals with very real events in American history. As a first book on the Modoc War I found it very easy reading and thus quite useful.
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Good story of a far-west Indian conflict,
By New England Pat - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Devil's Backbone: The Modoc War, 1872-3 (Mass Market Paperback)
This entry of the "Plainsmen Series" takes readers to the California-Oregon border where hostilities between white settlers and Modocs are detailed in a fine narrative. The issue again is the dispute about land that both the Indians and homesteaders claim, obliging treaty commissioners to arbitrate, of course, on the side of the ranchers. Animosity between the whites and Modocs escalates and soon leads to military conflict. The story is replete with betrayals, not only of the peace commissioner General Canby, but of Modoc chief Captain Jack by his own men who later received amnesty from the government by forcing the surrender of their erstwhile leader. The grueling campaign in the treacherous Lava Beds is where most of the skirmishes take place, but the Modoc fighting men, while cunning and fierce on the battlefield, are not portrayed in a very noble light. Seamus Donegan, on the trail of an uncle living in Lost River Valley, takes center stage in this bloody and thankless war of extermination of an Indian tribe.
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