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02604aam a22004338i 4500 001 4F12849CF9CC11ECB315051A2BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220702010022 008 211004s2022 meu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2021048045 020 $a 1432891367 020 $a 9781432891367 (hardcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)1273423680 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d OCLCO $d YDX $d OCLCO $d KAH $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PS3608.E7263 $b T6 2022 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Herbeck, Ray, $c Jr., $e author. $e author. 245 10 $a To the color : $b a novel of the Battalion of St. Patrick / $c Ray Herbeck, Jr. 250 $a First Edition. 260 $a Waterville, Maine : $b Five Star, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, $c 2022. 263 $a 2206 300 $a 291 pages ; $c 23 cm. 490 0 $a Battalion of St. Patrick ; $v 2 520 $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. 600 10 $a Santa Anna, Antonio LoÌpez de, $d 1794?-1876 $v Fiction. 600 10 $a Riley, John, $d 1817- $v Fiction. 610 10 $a Mexico. $b BatalloÌn de San Patricio $b BatalloÌn de San Patricio $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Mexican War, 1846-1848 $v Fiction 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 gsafd 655 7 $a Westerns. 655 7 $a Biographical fiction. $2 lcgft 941 $a 5 952 $l GZPE631 $d 20240305021739.0 952 $l ZKPC437 $d 20230414010638.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20220802010654.0 952 $l XBPE737 $d 20220719014242.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20220702011006.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4F12849CF9CC11ECB315051A2BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search