Devil's Backbone (Plainsmen)

Devil's Backbone (Plainsmen)

by TerryC.Johnston (Author)

Synopsis

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 US 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 errupted. Soon Donegan and the brooding O'Rourke found themselves embroiled in what would be the costliest war in frontier history...

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Format: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 448
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Saint Martin's Press Inc.
Published: 30 Nov 2001

ISBN 10: 0312925743
ISBN 13: 9780312925741