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Civil War #2
Mississippi Raider
She had come out of the Louisiana bayou, a hard-riding young beauty who had seen her parents killed in cold blood by agents from the North. Driven by her desire for revenge, Belle joined the Great Cause--that would take her into the heart of a nation cleaved in two, and closer to her parents' killers. Joining the Secret Service of the Confederacy, she pitted her courage, wits, and fighting skills against the Union's best agents. But while she spawned a legend with her daring escapades and undercover work, her greatest challenge lay ahead, on a mission deep behind enemy lines--to stop a deadly new weapon from entering the war!
- GenresWesterns
192 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published April 1, 1996
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About the author
J.T. Edson
183 books79 followersJohn Thomas Edson is an English writer of Westerns.
He was born in 1928.He was obsessed with Westerns from an early age and often "rewrote" cowboy movies that he had seen at the cinema. One thing that always intrigued him was the minutiae—how did the baddie's gun jam? What were the mechanics of cheating at cards? How did Westerners really dress and speak?
His writing was helped to develop by a schoolteacher who encouraged him. Now lives in Leicester, Leicestershire.[citation needed]
During his 20s and 30s, Edson served in His Majesty's Armed Forces for 12 years as a Dog Trainer. Cooped up in barracks for long periods, he devoured books by the great escapist writers (Edgar Rice Burroughs, Robert McCraig, Nelson C. Nye and Edgar Wallace). He also sat through hours of movies starring John Wayne, Randolph Scott, Errol Flynn and his all-time favourite, Audie Murphy.
His first appearance in print was "Hints On Self-Preservation when attacked by a War Dog" in the Osnabrück camp magazine Shufti in 1947. Acquiring a typewriter in the early 1950s and putting it to good use while posted to Hong Kong, by the time of his discharge he had written 10 Westerns, an early version of Bunduki and the first of the short detective-type stories starring Waco.
Upon leaving HM forces, JT won second prize (with Trail Boss) in the Western division of a Literary Competition run by Brown & Watson Ltd, which led to the publication of 46 novels with them, becoming a major earner for the company.
He had the need for supplementary income from time-to-time and also served as a postman, and the proprietor of a fish 'n' chip shop. Furthermore, he branched out as a writer and wrote five series of short stories (Dan Hollick, Dog Handler) for the Victor boys papers, and wrote the "box captions" for comic strips, which instilled discipline and the ability to convey maximum information with minimum words.
His writing career forged ahead when he joined Corgi Books in the late '60s, which gave JT exposure through a major publishing house, as well as the opportunity to branch out from the core Westerns into the Rockabye County, the science-fiction hero Bunduki and other series.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._T._Edson
He was born in 1928.He was obsessed with Westerns from an early age and often "rewrote" cowboy movies that he had seen at the cinema. One thing that always intrigued him was the minutiae—how did the baddie's gun jam? What were the mechanics of cheating at cards? How did Westerners really dress and speak?
His writing was helped to develop by a schoolteacher who encouraged him. Now lives in Leicester, Leicestershire.[citation needed]
During his 20s and 30s, Edson served in His Majesty's Armed Forces for 12 years as a Dog Trainer. Cooped up in barracks for long periods, he devoured books by the great escapist writers (Edgar Rice Burroughs, Robert McCraig, Nelson C. Nye and Edgar Wallace). He also sat through hours of movies starring John Wayne, Randolph Scott, Errol Flynn and his all-time favourite, Audie Murphy.
His first appearance in print was "Hints On Self-Preservation when attacked by a War Dog" in the Osnabrück camp magazine Shufti in 1947. Acquiring a typewriter in the early 1950s and putting it to good use while posted to Hong Kong, by the time of his discharge he had written 10 Westerns, an early version of Bunduki and the first of the short detective-type stories starring Waco.
Upon leaving HM forces, JT won second prize (with Trail Boss) in the Western division of a Literary Competition run by Brown & Watson Ltd, which led to the publication of 46 novels with them, becoming a major earner for the company.
He had the need for supplementary income from time-to-time and also served as a postman, and the proprietor of a fish 'n' chip shop. Furthermore, he branched out as a writer and wrote five series of short stories (Dan Hollick, Dog Handler) for the Victor boys papers, and wrote the "box captions" for comic strips, which instilled discipline and the ability to convey maximum information with minimum words.
His writing career forged ahead when he joined Corgi Books in the late '60s, which gave JT exposure through a major publishing house, as well as the opportunity to branch out from the core Westerns into the Rockabye County, the science-fiction hero Bunduki and other series.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._T._Edson
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April 29, 2021
Not the best J T Edson I've read. The skills possessed by Belle Boyd where too unbelievably wonderful for a girl of her age, and it did bang on rather that she would be known as "Rebel Spy"!
I suppose it could be that I've grown up since I read the majority of them, but hope that's not the case. It makes me rethink reading some of his books, as it had been my intention to read all those set during the civil war.
I suppose it could be that I've grown up since I read the majority of them, but hope that's not the case. It makes me rethink reading some of his books, as it had been my intention to read all those set during the civil war.
July 20, 2019
Great
I had enjoyed this book when it was first published. Unfortunately a hurricane took my collection of original paper backs. Now I can slowly rebuilding my collection. First the war year's then the floating outfit, followed by others.
I had enjoyed this book when it was first published. Unfortunately a hurricane took my collection of original paper backs. Now I can slowly rebuilding my collection. First the war year's then the floating outfit, followed by others.
April 25, 2018
Good Book!
A fine tale of what it must have been during the war between the CSA and the northern aggressors. Well written and edited.
A fine tale of what it must have been during the war between the CSA and the northern aggressors. Well written and edited.
March 3, 2020
Overall, the plot was good. Was a little hard to follow and get into at times.
December 30, 2013
I think I'd only read this once before, but having started to read Renegade aka Back to the Bloody Border I felt the need to reacquaint myself with Belle Boyd's back story. Although this is the first or second book in the Civil War series (Comanche is traditionally listed as the first but it takes place entirely before the start of the war) it was the last to be written and so contradicts several details listed in the rest of the Civil War and Floating Outfit series. One example is in The Hooded Riders (written in 1980) where Belle acknowledges her previous relationship with Dusty and the Ysabel Kid but does not know Stone Hart. Captain Stone Hart plays a very important role in part four of this book (published in 1996) and in fact receives his infamous scar saving Belle's life. The earlier sections of the book describe the murder of Belle's parents and destruction of their plantation as well as the training Belle undertakes to qualify for the Confederate secret service. How Belle finally avenges her parent's death is told in Renegade or as it was originally published Back to the Bloody Border.
February 10, 2017
Great story, distracting writing style.
I found the story and characters compelling, but the author's annoying penchant for run-on sentences and textbook-style summarizations made this an unfortunately distracting read. Still, I will be reading the next in the series.
I found the story and characters compelling, but the author's annoying penchant for run-on sentences and textbook-style summarizations made this an unfortunately distracting read. Still, I will be reading the next in the series.
October 31, 2015
Earliest of Etson's books on Dusty Fog's Civil War action. This one only concerning The Rebel Spy: Belle Boyd. Her history, early training and work.
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