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Billy Gogan Gone fer Soldier
Roger Higgins
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Belletristik / Hauptwerk vor 1945
Beschreibung
The second book in the Billy Gogan Series by Roger Higgins is a powerful and thrilling historical novel about friendship, cruelty, and the search for love during the most brutal battles of the Mexican American War.
The adventures continue for Billy Gogan, an intrepid Irish-American immigrant. Young Billy enlists in the U.S. Army on the eve of the war. Amidst the bloodshed he encounters the Texas Rangers, Ulysses S. Grant and friends who fight alongside him.
Billy navigates a dangerous path through gambling dens, wealthy estates, mysterious women, and sweltering heat. While challenged to follow meaningless orders, he struggles to escape a threat more imminent than war.
Roger Higgins, author of Billy Gogan, American, presents the second historical fiction novel in the award-winning Billy Gogan series. Roger’s debut novel has been honored by the Hollywood Book Fest, (Honorable Mention, 2018), the International Book Awards (Finalist, 2017), the New York Book Festival (Honorable Mention, 2018), Reader’s Favorite (Finalist, 2018), Best Book Awards (Finalist, 2018), and the Independent Author Network (Finalist, 2018).
Rezensionen
From The Historical Novel Society Review of <i>Billy Gogan, American</i> by Roger Higgins, the first book in the Billy Gogan series: <p>In 1844, 15-year-old Billy Gogan is dismissed from St. Patrick’s College in Ireland after his father’s death in prison. He goes to his cousin Séamas’s home and is given a ticket for passage on the Maryann from the city of Cork to New York. While awaiting departure, he sees his mentor and friend Father O’Muirhily murdered on the quay by a man dressed in black. Because he is aboard ship, he is unable to report the crime and wonders who killed the priest and why. While the ship sails for New York, he befriends a young woman, Mary Skiddy, and her young daughter. Unfortunately, they are separated upon their arrival at Gotham. He is told many Irish gravitate towards Five Points, so he begins walking there to look for her. When in Five Points, a rough slum inhabited by the Irish and ex-slaves, he becomes a bookkeeper in a numbers game and befriends young Bill Tweed, who introduces him to the crooked politics of Tammany Hall. Eventually he locates Mary Skiddy and her daughter, and they develop a close brother-sister relationship. Bill eventually begins a forbidden love affair with a mulatto girl, the daughter of an Irish madam at one of Gotham’s better brothels. He is unaware that the man in black is on his trail. The author’s research is impeccable. Life in the slums of Five Points during the 1840s is well-written and rich in historical detail, giving a fascinating glimpse of the period. This story includes tales of love, power struggles, murder, racism, election fraud, criminal behavior and deception. Highly recommended.</p>
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Irish, historical, immigrant, battles, adventure, 1844, story, war, Mexican-american-war, military, fiction, soldier, american, army, USA