Fearless: A Novel of Sarah BowmanKnown as The Great Western, six-foot-tall Sarah Bowman was a force of nature. In the war with Mexico in 1845 Sarah became a familiar figure, riding through the exploding gunpowder and flames to retrieve the wounded. She was made an honorary member of the Second Artillery and went on to become what would be, if anyone else were concerned, a tall tale |
Contents
If the Devil Were a Tenor 43 | |
A Plug of Whiskey 55 | |
Half Dandy Half Devil 66 | |
The Spirit of the Times 78 | |
Bucking Authority 88 | |
Metaphysic Wit 173 | |
All for Love and a Little for the Bottle 179 | |
Each Bullet Has Got Its Commission 185 | |
Kindness Has No Price 192 | |
ChockFull of the Devil 199 | |
Whiskey Before Breakfast 208 | |
That Flying Goose Affair 218 | |
The Evil They Know 231 | |
Rattled 97 | |
Cold Iron 106 | |
A Game of Long Taw 115 | |
Outfoxing the Tiger 127 | |
A Snake in the Garden 137 | |
Three Things That Cant Be Ruled 149 | |
War Is Like Sausages 159 | |
Barnosing the Fandango 165 | |
The Chickens Are Coming 243 | |
Traitorous Dogs 252 | |
All in a Lather 260 | |
An Ear far an Ear 268 | |
Colonel Darlin 286 | |
Washington Crossing the Great Western 294 | |
A Modest Proposal 304 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Aguila ain’t Americans arms army army’s artillery Battle of Okeechobee blankets boots Borginnis boys brim canvas cheek chest Colonel Comanche couldn’t Cruz Cruz’s dark Davis didn’t door dragoons dust ears El Paso eyes face feet fingers fire front gave grabbed grinned hair hand Hanibal head heard held horses hung inside Jake Jake’s James James Murphy James’s John Glanton Juan leaned leather legs Lewis Allen Lieutenant Lincoln looked ma’m man’s mare Maria Matamoros mesquite Mexican Monterrey mouth mules Murphy Nancy Nancy Skinner neck nodded nose pistol pulled pulque reins Riley river rode sack saddle Saltillo sand Sarah knew Sarah took screamed Seamus Señora sergeant shirt shook shoulder shouted side Skinner skirt smiled smoke soldiers Spanish stared stood Taylor teeth tent Texans There’s thought tortillas trousers turned Twiggs wagon walked wall wanted wasn’t watched Western whiskey woman women wore Zachary Taylor