Georgia, 1898: Frederick Benteen, a captain in General Custer's Seventh Cavalry during the plains Indian wars, is reviewing his life. His General has been dead for more than twenty years, killed in action, considered a hero, while the public has never forgiven Benteen for surviving. Now, at last, he begins to put down some account of those two horrific days pinned down on a ridge. What follows is an exquisite eulogy for his fellow soldiers, both alive and dead, as Benteen refuses to bow to the demands of legend.
Selected Stories [The Water Poets]:
10 of Delia Falconer's short stories, selected by herself
Pages
302
Format
Paperback
Release
January 01, 2005
ISBN 13
9780330422512
The Lost Thoughts Of Soldiers & Selected Stories
Georgia, 1898: Frederick Benteen, a captain in General Custer's Seventh Cavalry during the plains Indian wars, is reviewing his life. His General has been dead for more than twenty years, killed in action, considered a hero, while the public has never forgiven Benteen for surviving. Now, at last, he begins to put down some account of those two horrific days pinned down on a ridge. What follows is an exquisite eulogy for his fellow soldiers, both alive and dead, as Benteen refuses to bow to the demands of legend.
Selected Stories [The Water Poets]:
10 of Delia Falconer's short stories, selected by herself