Trumpet on the Land: The Aftermath of Custer's Massacre, 1876

By Terry C. Johnston

Book Overview

"Terry Johnston is an authentic American treasure."--Loren D. Estleman, author of Edsel It was a day that shocked a nation. June 25, 1876. The day General George Armstrong Custer fell at Little Big Horn. Now the U.S. Army is on the march. Vowing revenge, its commanders have declared total war on the Cheyenne and Sioux. Every able-bodied man must answer the call of the cavalry trumpet . . . men such as frontiersman Buffalo Bill Cody and scout Seamus Donegan. From the Black Hills to Slim Buttes, from Yellowstone to Warbonnet Creek, some would succumb to ambush, some to starvation, others to disease and even madness. Under the blood-red sun of that terrible summer, Seamus Donegan prays only to survive . . . to return to his wife, Samantha, and witness the birth of their first child.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553299751
• ISBN13: 9780553299755
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Domain
• Length: 672 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 4.2" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

Splendid fictionalized history

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.