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Title details for Devil's Backbone: The Modoc War, 1872-3 by Terry C. Johnston - Available

Devil's Backbone: The Modoc War, 1872-3

by Terry C. Johnston
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Devil's Backbone
Terry C. Johnston
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 U.S. 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 erupted. Soon Donegan and the brooding O'Rourke found themselves embroiled in what would be the costliest war in frontier history...

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Series: Plainsmen Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group

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  • Release date: July 16, 2013

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  • ISBN: 9781466849822
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  • Release date: July 16, 2013

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  • ISBN: 9781466849822
  • File size: 709 KB
  • Release date: July 16, 2013

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Fiction Literature Romance Western

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English

Devil's Backbone
Terry C. Johnston
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 U.S. 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 erupted. Soon Donegan and the brooding O'Rourke found themselves embroiled in what would be the costliest war in frontier history...

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Fiction Literature Romance Western