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Title: Bugles in the Afternoon by Ernest Haycox, Richard W. Etulain ISBN: 0-8061-3566-2 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95

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Summary: Popular Western Romances
Comment: This may be an example of the Western novels popular over fifty years ago; it was first serialized in the weekly 'Saturday Evening Post'. It begins with the travels of Kern Shafter, a loner, to the Dakota Territory of 1875. He joins the U.S. Cavalry as a private, and is quickly promoted to sergeant. (He has a past that is slowly revealed.) Various historical facts are used for background. This story is about a search for happiness, and the obstacles that are overcome.

The author describes life in Fort Lincoln during the Indian wars on the Northern Plains. Chapter XIII describes what a journey during a blizzard would be like; Kern survives and meets unexpected visitors. The high point of this novel is Chapters XV through XXI: the ill-fated campaign against the Sioux and Cheyenne at the Little Big Horn river. Kern is wounded, but survives, as a member of Major Reno's command. The book ends with a promise of happiness for Kern. [Relevant to 1943 America?]

The reader can learn some facts about this military disaster. General Crook's forces suffered a defeat earlier, and could not continue to advance as part of the plan. Crook telegraphed Sheridan, but no warning was sent to Terry or Custer about the unexpected large force of Sioux and Cheyenne. A carefully planned campaign turned to disaster because of unforseen changes. Later, another campaign using converging columns worked against the Native Americans when there was no overwhelming concentration of these warriors fighting for their homeland.

Ernest Haycox was a prolific writer of Westerns, some of these were made into films. This novel concentrates on the common people, which may explain the popularity of Westerns then, and why they were forsaken since the 1950s.

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