Silent Drums

The First Frontier #2

by Mike Roarke

As the French and the English battle for the northeast territory, trapper Sam Watley and his son, Thad, come to the Ohio River Valley to trade, but Sam soon becomes a captive of the Ottawa and then the Chippewa. Original.

313 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

Reviews

[Philip · Rating 4 out of 5]

More action and adventure in yer proper old America with Thad and Big Oak.

Great stuff. If you like historical/western/gunpowder novels why haven't you read this ? Is it :

a) The books were written in the nineties and don't appear in charity shops that often

or

b) This period of history is unknown to you.

I had to order this one from the USA, couldn't find it anywhere here in the UK, even expensive Waterstones.

A very interesting era of history is the 7 Years War, definitely worth a look. I Wiki'd it and wow what a war ! All over the world. As a student of military history I am going to dip into this a bit more.

Wonder what else the amazing Mike Roarke (gets muddled in Wiki with some baseball player) has written ? I'm off to find out.

[Carol]

I registered a book at BookCrossing.com!
http://www.BookCrossing.com/journal/13347834