From 1885 to the turn of the century, Captain Henry Lawson, his wife Lucy, journalist Edwin Carter Morrison and Lawson's command, the all-black 25th Cavalry, travel from the heartland of America, to the vicious Apache campaigns of the Southwest to the jungle warfare of the Spanish-American War in the Philippines. A remarkable historical itinerary; no less remarkable are the people who are in it. P. F. Kluge has written a magnificent historical novel, shocking, poignant and, finally, morally stunning, about America's awakening to a new national mission.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
covers an area ignored by other novelists,
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This review is from: Season for War (Paperback)
Mr. Kluge has written many novels but this
is apparently the first in this area. It concerns
the relationship between a journalist and the
white officers and black enlisted men of the
25th Cavalry from fighting the Apaches in
Arizona to the Spanish-American War in
the Philippines.
African-American military fiction is rare and this
is a good "read." I know at least one character
that of an angry black officer who defects to
the Filipino side is based on an actual historical
person
4.0 out of 5 stars
NOVEL BASED ON HISTORY,
By Joseph H. Race "Jose Mango" (SAIPAN, MP United States) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
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This review is from: Season for War (Paperback)
A fine piece of work that covers the frontier and Buffalo Soldiers from the Apache wars to the handling of the insurrection in the Philippines with America displaying its first efforts at colonialism. The main charcters are Captain Lawson, his wife and journalist Edwin Morrison, and you'll learn to appreciate each one of them for their strong roles in the story. Much of the novel revolves around the fighting in various arenas and takes you inside the interaction of the black troops with each other and with their white officers. The Filipinos showed themselves to be worthy opponents. As always, the writing by Kluge is of the highest order. I suggest that you pick up his other novels, and also an account of America in Micronesia, for additional superb reading. Mabuhay from Manila, where I read the novel on the steps of Fort Santiago.
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