Fearless: A Novel of Sarah Bowman Review

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(More customer reviews)If you think your life is hard, just wait till you read this book by Lucia St. Clair Robson ~~ it is so vividly written that I can't believe I didn't rush to the store to buy it after finishing Ride the Wind!!
Sarah Bowman is not your typical heroine nor is she your stereotypical woman. She is fearless ~~ takes no mess from any man nor woman. She rides with the army boys deep into Mexico to fight in the Mexican war. After her husband was killed, she stayed with the army knowing no other life. She started out as a laundress as she had done in the Florida Seminole wars. However, as a favor to an old friend, she started to be the officers' cook and laundress ~~ and was well rewarded with her efforts.
Through lovers, death and victory, Sarah remains with her intergrity as a human being intact. She defends the helpless every chance she can get. She has a bawdy sense of humor ~~ the officers' wives can't help but look at her with disdain. She shows a gentle side of her when needed ~~ she is a remarkable woman in every sense of the word!!
This is a brillantly written book. You won't be disappointed there with Robeson's writing. She writes so vividly that you think you better get a drink of water before the scorching Texas sun kills you. She also writes of a different Texas than the one that the Comanches ruled. It is just a fine story ~~ and it's a quick read. You can't help but be drawn into the story. And you can't help but admire Sarah and wish she was still around. But Texas and Mexico has claimed her as theirs.

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Ghost Warrior Review

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(More customer reviews)I didn't know what to expect when I picked up a copy of GHOST WARRIOR for I had never read any of Lucia Robson's novels. I have a love for Native American and western history, so I thought it was worth a try. I finished the book about a week later, and was simply amazed at what I had read. I thought the book was very well written and was a compelling story that grabbed my attention at the very beginning and has held it ever since.
Ms. Robson's book made a significant impression on me. It inspired me to spend the next several months reading Apache Indian history. I didn't realize how good the book was until I really understood how much research the author had done to be able to tell this story with so much passion, detailed knowledge and competence. The book followed the history of the Apache Indian wars accurately, but it also gave me insight into what her Native American, and American characters must have been like beyond the historical facts. I had to keep reminding myself that her book was a novel, and by definition novels distort history. But I found her depiction of history was in many cases more accurate than some of the histories I have read, and it was exciting, sad, outrageous, fun, and gives a profile in American history that deserves wide attention.
Ms. Robson tells a complex tale that centered around Lozen, an Apache warrior and Shaman of the Chiricahua Apache band. The complexity of the story increases as her novel follows Lozen's long life as a warrior. The Apaches struggled for survival against western expansion pre and post civil war, against the ever present Mexican army, other hostile indians, the invading gold rush and it's inherent lawlessness and the best troops the US Army could deliver.
Lozen, the main character, was one of the only Apache warriors, male or female, to fight with all of the great Apache Chiefs over a 30 year period right up to their final battles. Their mission was survival of their race.
GHOST WARRIOR is an ambitious work, and I not only recommend it to family and friends, I rave about it. I've noticed that Ms Robson's best selling work makes noticeable improvements with each new book. I'm looking forward to her next book; it can't come out soon enough!
A reader in Arlington, VA

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