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Post by deadwoodgultch on Sept 1, 2015 15:29:41 GMT
I have just finished Margot Liberty's second book about John Stands in Timbers memories. "A Cheyenne Voice" much of what was cut in the earlier book is contained here. The book has maps by done by Michael Donahue. The book, copyright 2013, my book, e-book version.
The book states the Sioux and Cheyenne picked up a number of guns at the Rosebud, ammunition as well. It seems troopers were forced to retreat from a hill, in the confusion a number of weapons were left behind. I don't recall this from the first book. These weapons were put to good use about a week later.
There is also some good stuff about that next battle!
My computer is whacked, using the wife's today.
Regards, Tom |
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Post by quincannon on Sept 1, 2015 15:52:50 GMT
I am not sure that would pass the smell test, were it to be applied Tom. What is the last thing you would leave behind in a firefight?
A weapon here or there, perhaps a small amount of ammo from the dead, but nothing in any quantity I would think.
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Post by Beth on Sept 1, 2015 21:27:57 GMT
"A number' is rather an imprecise count--that could mean from more than one to hundreds. Do you give the book a thumbs up? I am getting low on e reading material.
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Post by quincannon on Sept 1, 2015 21:37:28 GMT
Buy "Snow and Steel" by Peter Caddick-Adams.
It would give you insights into how mounted and dismounts should operate together, and the concept is not all that far removed from some place in east-nowhere, Montana.
It rivals Time For Trumpets by Charles MacDonald, and for me that's saying something.
Then read Patton at the Battle of the Bulge by Leo Barron, which gets real deep into the technique of the dragoon.
Both of them are 20th Century of course, but the TTP have not changed a smidgen. |
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Post by deadwoodgultch on Sept 4, 2015 13:50:52 GMT
Beth, the Liberty book is comprehensive memories of the Cheyenne, compiled by a next generation chronicler. Some ponderous, some excellent. I enjoyed, but may not be for everyone.
Regards,
Tom
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Post by Beth on Sept 4, 2015 22:03:11 GMT
Thanks Tom. One of the things I love about Amazon's ebooks is you can get a free sample before you buy a book. I wish some of the authors of the older LBH books would reissue them in ebook forms. I tend to do almost all of my reading before going to sleep and I find it very difficult to read smaller print text unless I have a very good light--which keeps hubby up.
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