Far Bright Star

Robert Olmstead

Original title: Far bright star

first published 2009 Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2010

Thorndike Press Large Print Historical Fiction

The year is 1916. The enemy, Pancho Villa, is elusive. Terrain is unforgiving. Through the mountains and across the long dry stretches of Mexico, Napoleon Childs, an aging cavalryman, leads an expedition of inexperienced horse soldiers on seemingly fruitless searches. Though he is seasoned at such missions, things go terribly wrong, and his patrol is suddenly at the mercy of an enemy intent on their destruction. Afte...

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Far Bright Star edition · 2010 · Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill · 9781616200091
Far Bright Star paperback · 2010 · Algonquin Paperbooks · 9781565129801
Far Bright Star edition · 2009 · Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill · 207 pages · 9781565129405
Far bright star edition · 2009 · Thorndike Press · 9781410416049
Far bright star edition · 2009 · Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill · 207 pages · 9781565125926

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