The stalkers : the Battle of Beecher Island, 1868

Format:

Book

Title:

The stalkers : the Battle of Beecher Island, 1868

Author:

Johnston, Terry C., 1947-2001.

ISBN:

9780312929633

9780312923365

Edition:

St. Martin's paperbacks ed.

Publication Information:

New York : St. Martin's Paperbacks, 1990.

Physical Description:

xviii, 378 pages : maps ; 18 cm

Series title(s):

Plainsmen ;

Number in series:

BK. 3.

General Note:

In some editions, subtitle from cover.

Summary:

Going south in search of his uncle, Donegan joins Forsyth's 50 civilian scouts who track Roman Nose's Dog Soldiers. On a narrow strip of sand the white men will hold out for 9 days against the Cheyenne on Beecher Island that hot September of 1868.

Subject(s):

Beecher Island, Battle of, Colo., 1868 -- Fiction.

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Summary

No one captures the glory, adventure and drama of the courageous men and women who tamed the American West like award-winning author Terry Johnston. His Plainsmen series brims with colorful characters, fierce battles and compelling historical lore.

Entrenched on a poorly sheltered island, many of Seamus Donegan's crack squad of Army scouts lie dead--and many more are dying. Led by Colonel George Forsyth, fifty seasoned plainsmen had combed the Colorado Territory in search of Cheyenne. Along a fork of the Republican River, these brave men suddenly found themselves outnumbered twenty to one. Now Donegan, his fellow scouts, and his long-lost uncle are trapped--and under attack. As the battle rages, Donegan is stalked by a traitor who seeksrevenge for old wrongs. Together the dwindling band awaits a heroic last-minute rescue from the merciless nine-day seige--known today as the Battle of Beecher Island..

Author Notes

Terry C. Johnson was born in 1947 on the plains of Kansas and has lived a varied life as a roustabout, history teacher, printer, paramedic, dog catcher, and car salesman, all the while immersing himself in this history of the early West. His first novel, CARRY THE WIND, won the Medicine Pipe Bearer's Award from the Western Writer's of America, and his subsequent books, among them CRY OF THE HAWK, WINTER RAIN, and THE SON OF THE PLAINS TRILOGY, have appeared on bestseller lists throughout the country.

(Bowker Author Biography)