Beyond the Rio Gila

"In 1846, the Mexican-American War cast together Latter-day Saints fleeing persecution and the U.S. Army on a desperate mission to capture California. The Mormon Battalion-including two pregnant laundresses-must march two thousand miles. Among the army's First Dragoons, Moses Cole, a Virginia farm boy running from his abusive father, grows to manhood under the mentorship of a tormented alcoholic and former professor. Among the Mormons, Orson Everett battles personal devils yet teaches his colorful followers to work for their brethren with God in their hearts. On such a journey, some will thrive, some will perish, all will be transformed. This deeply researched depiction of the U. S. military's longest march, told in evocative prose, brings a little known yet uniquely American story to life"--

Author: Scott G. Hibbard
Publisher: Five Star Publishing
Published: 04/14/2021
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.60w x 1.30d
ISBN13: 9781432866136
ISBN10: 1432866133
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | War & Military
- Fiction | Historical | General
- Fiction | Westerns | General