Arizona Territory, in 1867, was a raw new land where even the U.S. Army didn't appear to know too much about the Indians - except that they were Apaches, and deadly. And, Loch Angevine was a raw new recruit, fresh off the farm, who didn't know much about the army. His ignorance bothered him, and he met this challenge with all the dogged determination of his Scottish heritage. He figured he'd learn by studying and copying the best men in the troop. There was no way for Loch to know even the toughest sergeant knew nothing ...
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Arizona Territory, in 1867, was a raw new land where even the U.S. Army didn't appear to know too much about the Indians - except that they were Apaches, and deadly. And, Loch Angevine was a raw new recruit, fresh off the farm, who didn't know much about the army. His ignorance bothered him, and he met this challenge with all the dogged determination of his Scottish heritage. He figured he'd learn by studying and copying the best men in the troop. There was no way for Loch to know even the toughest sergeant knew nothing about keeping a whole skin in Indian country. This was something each man had to find out for himself, the hard way - or be dead.
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Cavalry Recruit is definitely one written by Will Cook under the Wade Everett name, as the copyright information gives his wife as the copyrighter, since Will Cook died the previous year at the age of 42. And this book is typical Cook work--in that it surprises you at every turn of the page. His westerns and especially his cavalry stories are always new and refreshing to read, with situations and people who are not always the typical type you find in these kinds of stories. Loch Angevine fresh in the army didn't know a thing about the army or even much about life, so he had to learn it all as life played out around him. And since Arizona was a new territory to even the Army everyone was having to learn together--especially how to stay alive with the Apaches on the war path. An excellent book.
