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Devil's backbone : the Modoc War, 1872-3

Devil's backbone : the Modoc War, 1872-3

Book 1991

Sgt. Seamus Donegan, on the trail of his uncle, Ian O'Rourke, arrived at Ule Lake just as the conflict between the Americans and Modoc Indians erupted into war. Soon Donegan and the brooding O'Rourke found themselves embroiled in what would be the costliest war in frontier history.