Bibliograph

Smyth alias Smith, a western novel, Bob MacDonald

Type

Label

Smyth alias Smith, a western novel, Bob MacDonald

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Smyth alias Smith

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Bob MacDonald

Sub title

a western novel

Summary

The year is 1865 and Sergeant Tom Smyth of the 10th Louisiana Infantry has just been discharged from Camp Rathburn in Illinois, a holding centre for Confederate prisoners of war. His internment had been brought about by being captured during the United States Civil War between the Northern and Southern States.Smith refused to sign the Oath of Allegiance, as demanded by his northern captors, resulting in him being unceremoniously bundled out through the prison gates, possessing and wearing nothing but the rag-tag remnants of a once-proud uniform.Intending to head due west to the rich goldfields of California, he tramped on foot through a hostile countryside troubled by army deserters, outlaws and bands of Native Americans

Target audience

adult

Classification