No Good Like It Is [Kindle Edition]

McKendree R Long III (Author)

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Product Description

"No Good Like It Is" is a winding tale of violence, tolerance, and changing racial acceptance. In it, two hard-bitten Confederate cavalrymen barely survive the Civil War, riding with the famed Eighth Texas Cavalry. They then must struggle home to the Texas Panhandle, while accumulating enough misfits and strays to populate a small village. This rowdy historical fiction is filled with rich characters, both real and should-have-been. A sequel, "What Goes Round," is in the works.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 371 KB
• Print Length: 334 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1450580785
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0038HEQY8
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #188,627 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Read!, February 20, 2010

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Pisces (SC) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: No Good Like It Is (Kindle Edition)

A fast moving engaging Civil War epic. Following Captain Dobey Walls and his right hand man, Sergeant Major Melton through their adventures and mis-adventures puts you in the saddle in the middle of the action of Terry's Texas Rangers and the old west. The author's visual characterizations and graphic depiction of the battles and the country that our nation was based on is both enlightening and heart warming. I highly recommend this novel and look forward to the sequel.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars No Good Like It Is, February 15, 2010

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Ginny Padgett (Columbia, SC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: No Good Like It Is (Kindle Edition)

I don't usually like books of the Western genre, but this one is well written and the dialog and characters compelled me to keep reading. I am enamored of Doc. I'd like to see a sequel with Doc as the main character.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Historical Fiction At Its Best, March 31, 2011

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Jessica James, historical fiction author (Gettysburg) - See all my reviews

This review is from: No Good Like It Is (Paperback)

You don't need to read McKendree Long's bio to discover he is from a long line of military veterans. His heritage and service is creatively woven into the pages of NO GOOD LIKE IT IS through his obvious knowledge and passion for the subject matter.

In addition to his vivid descriptions of Western landscapes, Long uses authentic dialogue for his characters (I love it when an author gets this right), and takes the reader back to the violent Old West with a compelling plot that has twists and turns right up to the final pages.

I am not one to give praise lightly, but have to applaud the attention to historical detail in NO GOOD LIKE IT IS. Long shows he has an obvious talent for smoothly blending intricate historical facts into his scenes, making this novel all that historical fiction should be: educational, enlightening, and, most of all, entertaining!