In the wake of the Little Big Horn, the U.S. Army declares war on the Sioux and Cheyenne and embarks on a long and arduous campaign of vengeance that tests the courage and strength of all those involved, including scout Seamus Donegan.
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Splendid fictionalized history,
By "miltbrann" (Scandinavia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Trumpet on the Land: The Aftermath of Custer's Massacre, 1876 (Mass Market Paperback)
This brick has over 600 pages but it's never a tedious read. Reaching the pinnacle of the Plainsmen-series in this volume Terry Johnston wades deep into history and excels with his impressive knowledge of the area and the correct historical facts. Little known history is restored and fictionalized without, looking from a historical perspective, loosing its truth, a feat Johnston has not always succeded in. The only tiny fault is that Johnston repeats himself too often at the end of the novel, repeating word by word a earlier paragraph, clearly something the editor should've discovered before it was printed. ****(*) on the barometer.
3.0 out of 5 stars
The waning days for the great warriors of the plains,
By New England Pat (Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Trumpet on the Land: The Aftermath of Custer's Massacre, 1876 (Mass Market Paperback)
The author's novel details the U.S. military's war effort against the Indians after General Custer's defeat at the Little Big Horn and the army's efforts to hunt down the red men before they scatter to the hills or back to the agencies. The book details the exciting Sibley Scout and two engagements, at Warbonnet Creek and Slim Buttes, which are are studied at length. The novel also depicts a befuddled and dispirited army in search of a wily and desperate foe and hints at dissension between Generals Terry and Crook as tempers grow short as the long hot summer drags on. Students of the Sioux War of 1876 will enjoy this fine chronicle of western history.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Straight History is Better,
By A Reader (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Trumpet on the Land: The Aftermath of Custer's Massacre, 1876 (Mass Market Paperback)
This is my second Johnston book (the other was Blood Song). Both suffer the same problem and that is that the subject matter simply does not lend itself well to fiction. Johnston wanted these novels to encompass a single campaign in the Sioux War, but there is not enough material in a campaign to fill a novel done in the way Johnston apparently wanted to do it.
Historically these campaigns were similar to the old saying about naval warfare: long stretches of tedium punctuated by moments of sheer terror. And Johnston doesn't differentiate at all between the tedium and the terror. He covers everything with the same exacting and at times mind-numbing attention to detail. The only cure would be to fill out the fiction with some extraneous plotlines (no thanks) or fictionalize the leaders more, both Indians and perhaps higher up the American chain of command. The way it is, there is simply too much of nothing much happening. These books have a lot going for them, historical accuracy being the most important, and Johnston was also able to tell the story in an even-handed way, unusual in this PC day and age. I'll probably stick with these books, if for no other reason than Publishers' Weekly apparent hatred of them makes them irresistible to me. But I think Johnston would have been better off writing a straight history.
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