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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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