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Trooper Donovan
When John Donovan joined N Troop of the Seventh Cavalry, he hoped he could just serve out his enlistment in peace, tend to the officers' horses and answer the occasional call to assembly. He wasn't looking to clear the West of hostile Indians, and he certainly didnt want any hostiles shooting at him. But peace and quiet wasnt what fate had in store for him. No, young Donovan would get much more than he expected during his time in the army. Before he was done, he would see many things forget no matter how hard he tried and fight his way through experiences he could never have imagined. It wouldnt take long for the new recruit to learn just how brutal life-AND death survived at all.
- GenresWesterns
207 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 13, 2000
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Frank Roderus
97 books7 followersFrank Roderus wrote his first story—it was a western—when he was five. It was really awful, as might be expected, but his mother kept that typed and spell-checked short story tucked away until the day she died.
Later, Frank became a newspaper reporter, thinking that books are written by authors which he most assuredly was not. He kept trying to write though, and eventually did it wrong enough to learn how to get it right. That first sale, a young adult novel published by Independence Press, was more than thirty years and a good many books ago.
As a journalist, the Colorado Press Association awarded Frank Roderus their highest award, the Sweepstakes Award, for the best news story of 1980, and the Western Writers of America has twice named Frank recipient of their prestigious Spur Award. Frank passed away at age 73 in December 2015.
Later, Frank became a newspaper reporter, thinking that books are written by authors which he most assuredly was not. He kept trying to write though, and eventually did it wrong enough to learn how to get it right. That first sale, a young adult novel published by Independence Press, was more than thirty years and a good many books ago.
As a journalist, the Colorado Press Association awarded Frank Roderus their highest award, the Sweepstakes Award, for the best news story of 1980, and the Western Writers of America has twice named Frank recipient of their prestigious Spur Award. Frank passed away at age 73 in December 2015.
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January 25, 2015
Life in the 7th Cavalry during the Plains Indian Wars of the late 1860s as seen through the eyes of a new recruit. Dusty patrols, saddle sores, latrine duty, and an unending diet of bacon, beans, and hardtack with occasional skirmishes. No high drama, just a realistic depiction of a trooper's life and struggles. Toward the end, Trooper Donovan is reminiscent of Pct. Maggio in From Here to Eternity as an alienated officer tries to run him off.
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