Cover art by Patrick Faricy Hardcover July 2000 ISBN 0-312-86549-X |
Cover art by Tristan Elwell Paperback June 2001 ISBN 0-812-58029-X |
I must have re-enforcements. The future operations of this army will be duly reported. Send me re-enforcements.
--Henry Hopkins Sibley, 1862 |
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THE GUNS OF VALVERDE Catalog copy: The captivating sequel to the critically acclaimed GLORIETA PASS 1862: Texan Confederates have taken a battery of Union artillery at the battle of Valverde in New Mexico. Quartermaster Jamie Russell wants to get the guns to Texas, but Federal Captain Alastar O’Brien stands in his way. With passionate intensity and impeccable attention to historical detail, THE GUNS OF VALVERDE imbues the unsung battles fought in the New Mexico Territory with a profound sense of humanity. "Lively, compelling historical fiction." --Kirkus (Read more reviews) THE GUNS OF VALVERDE Hardcover dust jacket text : Critically acclaimed storyteller P.G. Nagle returns to the war-torn New Mexico Territory to continue her epic tale of the Civil War in the Far West. 1862: The Texan Confederate army has taken a battery of Union artillery at the battle of Valverde. The Union army wants the guns back. When young Confederate quartermaster Jamie Russell is taken prisoner by Union Captain Alastar O'Brien, it is O'Brien's own love, Laura Howland--herself an unwilling witness to the bloody conflict--who nurses Jamie back to health. As he slowly recovers, he hatches a plan that will give him the chance to return the guns of Valverde to Texas. A plan that will pit him and his comrades directly against the Colorado Union Volunteers, and Captain Alastar O'Brien. . . . As this drama unfolds, we come to realize the full horror of war and the shattering disillusionment of all young men everywhere who go to a war with hopes of glory. Told with passionate intensity and impeccable attention to historical detail, and seen through the eyes of sharply drawn characters, The Guns of Valverde imbues the unsung battles fought in the New Mexico Territory with a profound sense of humanity. THE GUNS OF VALVERDE Paperback cover text: The Texan Confederate army under General Henry H. Sibley, their supply train destroyed by the 1st Colorado Union Volunteers at Glorieta Pass, have only one prize remaining: a battery of Union artillery captured at the Battle of Valverde. The Texans, their force decimated, dispirited by the absence of fallen comrades, are determined to have some glory to show for their terrible losses. But standing in their way are Union Captain Alastar O'Brien and the Colorado Volunteers. Young quartermaster Jamie Russell, wounded and taken prisoner by Union forces, devises a way to bring the guns to Texas. He escapes, convinces Sibley's brain trust to try his desperate scheme, and his plan becomes grim reality as both the Blue and the Gray are inexorably drawn into the deadly drama that is the Civil War. |
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