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02535aam a2200409Ii 4500 001 4CFBF170D82E11ED9D4759DE5AECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230411010049 008 230126t20232023meu d 000 f eng d 020 $a 9781432891374 020 $a 1432891375 035 $a (OCoLC)1360273178 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d IL2 $d JNE $d JIM $d SILO 100 1 $a Herbeck, Ray, $c Jr., $e author. 245 10 $a To the color : $b a novel of the battalion of st. patrick. $n book 2 (Large Type) / $c Ray Herbeck Jr. 250 $a Large print edition. 264 1 $a Waterville, Maine : $b Thorndike Press, $c [2023] 300 $a 445 pages (large print) ; $c 22 cm. 340 $n large print $2 rdafs 490 0 $a A novel of Battalion of St. Patrick 520 $a ""To the Color" is the continuing true story of John Riley: young (28), cynical, charming, a professional Irish soldier who deserts the U.S. army to fight for Mexico at first for money, then for something loftier in the Mexican War of 1846-48. With gritty action, humor, pathos, and romance, it not only brings to life his torturous journey of reformation but that of the rough-hewn Irish and German fellow deserters who follow him in pursuit of a shared dream. Driven by the drama of conflicting loyalties, their epic tale resumes in January of 1847 in a sprawling Mexican army camp at San Luis Potosi. Riley and his commander, Captain Moreno, attend a tense meeting with mercurial General Santa Anna. Preparing to attack U.S. forces near Saltillo, Santa Anna berates unprepared division generals in an opium fueled tirade. He bestows the honor of leading this advance to Riley's all too ready band of rogues. But he demands a unit name. Riley dubs them "The Battalion of St. Patrick." And they prepare to march into history" -- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Mexican War, 1846-1848 $d 1846-1848 $v Fiction. 610 10 $a Mexico. $b BatalloÌn de San Patricio $b BatalloÌn de San Patricio $v Fiction. 600 10 $a Riley, John, $d 1817- $v Fiction. 600 10 $a Santa Anna, Antonio LoÌpez de, $d 1794-1876 $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Large type books. 655 7 $a Biographical fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Large print books. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Novels. $2 lcgft 941 $a 3 945 $a lpt 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409044009.0 952 $l RFPC397 $d 20230622010815.0 952 $l HIPC765 $d 20230526010354.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4CFBF170D82E11ED9D4759DE5AECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JIMInitiate Another SILO Locator Search