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Mercenary (edizione 2014)

di David Gaughran

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Lee Christmas gets drunk and falls asleep at the throttle of his locomotive, plowing straight into an oncoming train. Blacklisted from the railroad and his marriage in tatters, he flees New Orleans on a steamer bound for the tropics.In Honduras, he begins a quiet new life. But trouble has a way of finding Christmas. With unrest sweeping the countryside, he's kidnapped by bandits. Soon, he finds himself taking sides in an all-out civil war-as leader of the rebellion.MERCENARY is the story of the USA's most famous soldier of fortune: the hard-drinking drifter who changed the fate of a nation.Praise for MERCENARY:"Highly recommended to readers of adventure fiction and history, as well as anyone interested in American adventurism and meddling in Latin America." - Michael Wallace, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author."Lee Christmas led a roaring life on and off the battlefield. Gaughran's great, fast-paced read keeps you right alongside all his exploits." - Richard Sutton, author of The Red Gate.… (altro)

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Utente:	BooksChatter
Titolo:	Mercenary
Autori:	David Gaughran
Info:	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2014), Edition: 1, Paperback, 382 pages
Collezioni:	La tua biblioteca, Lista dei desideri, In lettura, Da leggere, Letti ma non posseduti, Preferiti
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Larger than life, Lee Christmas was a man loved and hated, sometimes both by the same person. This novel went deeper than mere historical facts, and pulled the reader into the life stream of one of the craziest and most daring men of his day. He loved deeply, punished himself when he fell short of his obligations, and dared to dream of reaching greatness. David Gaughran did a wonderful job showing the man while remaining reverent to the history. The battle scenes during the revolts, the carousing and family scenes, all spilled across the page vibrantly - keeping the reader entertained. I recommend this book for anyone who likes a good historical fiction and larger than life characters. (

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I didn’t realize till I sat down to write the review for this book that it is more biography than fiction. I have to say that I did not LIKE Lee Christmas – a drunk, philandering, many-times-married, self-centered sort of man who lived at the turn of the 20th century but I do admire him for pursuing his dreams and not letting color blindness, accidents or misfortune stand in his way. I take than Mr. Gaughran for offering his book on LibraryThing giveaways so that I could win and read it. Even though I would not want to have been one of Mr. Christmas’s women or wives I did enjoy reading about his life. (

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Lee Christmas

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For Mark Spellman, whose adventures ended too soon.

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Leon Winfield Christmas had a habit of tapping his leg right before he did something impulsive.

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Lee Christmas gets drunk and falls asleep at the throttle of his locomotive, plowing straight into an oncoming train. Blacklisted from the railroad and his marriage in tatters, he flees New Orleans on a steamer bound for the tropics.In Honduras, he begins a quiet new life. But trouble has a way of finding Christmas. With unrest sweeping the countryside, he's kidnapped by bandits. Soon, he finds himself taking sides in an all-out civil war-as leader of the rebellion.MERCENARY is the story of the USA's most famous soldier of fortune: the hard-drinking drifter who changed the fate of a nation.Praise for MERCENARY:"Highly recommended to readers of adventure fiction and history, as well as anyone interested in American adventurism and meddling in Latin America." - Michael Wallace, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author."Lee Christmas led a roaring life on and off the battlefield. Gaughran's great, fast-paced read keeps you right alongside all his exploits." - Richard Sutton, author of The Red Gate.

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