Outrageous Interlude
The Neophyte Warrior, Book 5
by Richard Patton
Richard Patton is an excellent writer who has produced what should be considered an epic
in understanding of a man and the things he strove for, upon becoming a Commander-in-Chief
of the straggling, struggling would-be Army that was trying to keep this country growing.
From what I read, and I have only just read this 5th book in the series, I gleaned far more
consideration for Washington and the new, uncertain settlers and what they faced every day
in their struggle to place a foothold, or just to survive. There were not just the Indians
that they had to deal with, but also the French and in certain complications, the British,
who were the ruling country of this small nation, and they mishandled or didn't handle
the problems very well at all. Mr. Patton has done copious amounts of study to reach into
the head of the man whom we blatantly breeze by when we study him in school. Everyone knows
that Washington was a man of principal, but few understand or realize that he was a student
of the times and had much to learn in his new life and that from those first actions, he
forged a will of steel for this country's backbone.
Outrageous Interlude takes a period of one year in the life of newly appointed
Lieutenant George Washington and several key soldiers and personnel and one Indian who
feels duty bound to do right for the woman he may love, and shows what a struggle everyday
living was in that time. The Virginia Regiment is under attack from an unlikely source,
the French, and the French are using mercenary Indians as the warriors. They are attacking
the outlying settlements and laying waste to every bit of hard effort it took those very
brave families to continue to stay. Outposts had to be built, money and supplies had to be
found, and Washington became a politician to gain those outposts and the protection that
more soldiers afforded the small settlements.
This is a gripping book from start to finish, and I learned a lot about the man at the
heart of our forced walk to freedom. Highly recommended for the high school youth as well
as the scholar who thinks he knows everything there is to know about our first president
and the years prior to the founding of this country. I cannot say enough good, positive
words about this book, without repeating myself and sounding like gibberish. There have
been other series books that depict the settlement of our country, among them; Roots,
and North & South, that I sat down and gobbled up like a Thanksgiving turkey, but this
book starts before those and is really full of interlaced meaning. To a history lover,
this book is a great gift. |
The Book |
Zumaya Publications |
2005 |
Trade Paperback |
1-55410-221-9 |
Historical Fiction / [1755] story of the early rise of George Washington. |
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Excerpt |
NOTE: Very intense look at the man becoming our First President,
and the Outrages that took place during the first push of
growth of this Country. Some of the scenes depicted are indicative
of the meaning ~ the Outrages
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The Reviewer |
Claudia Turner VanLydegraf |
Reviewed 2005 |
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