The Fire-Eaters
- ISBN-10
- 0451209176
- ISBN-13
- 9780451209177
- Series
- The Fire-Eaters
- Category
- Cherokee Indians
- Pages
- 304
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Signet
- Author
- Jason Manning
Description
The year is 1862, and Lt. Timothy Barlow has taken a post in President Jackson's War Department. Raising a civilian army, Barlow manages to quell a rebellion in South Carolina...but the war has not yet begun.
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