Ambush
By Luke Short.
Description
Ambush, a word that had great import to any troop of cavalry in the U.S. Army on patrol during the Apache Wars of the mid to late 1800's. This small post (Fort Gamble, New Mexico Territory) is sending out a small scout patrol, moving across "heat-scorched mountain passes, broken country of spiny hills, dry arroyos, rough rock", and desert on the trail of a deranged killer Apache chieftain named Diablito, or "little devil". This undersized Apache leader is so dangerous, "born leader, gone crazy bad", that even his followers fear him. Should Diablito be foun...
ISBN(s)
0553113682, 9780553113686
