Wildwood Boys

by James Carlos Blake

Book Overview

From the raw clay of historical fact, James Carlos Blake has sculpted a powerful novel of both a man and an America at war with themselves. Here is the brutally honest story of free-spirit William Anderson, who is pulled into a savage conflict of state against state in the years leading up to the Civil War. When Bill suffers a catastrophic loss, a fury is unleashed in his anguished soul. He becomes the most fearsome guerrilla captain and earns...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380805936
• ISBN13: 9780380805938
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Bloody Bill

All i can say about Wildwood Boys is that it made me want to fight the Unioners and rustle horses and roam to the great wild west.

A Tough Story of Tough Men Excellently Told

Blake saddles you up and sends you out riding and raiding with Quantrill's Raiders and Bloody Bill Anderson's Gang. It was hell. The political situation was all screwed-up and the worst type of border warfare erupted all over. You'll see it all first-hand as only Blake can tell it. You'll ride like hell, fight like hell, stink like hell, and hell, some of you won't make it. Saddle up!

A Master Storyteller

Some authors you read because the journey is better than the destination, but I find with Blake it's the opposite. His action and storytelling outweigh his poetry, although there is poetry, to be sure. He writes with a passion and moves with a purpose. And yes, as other reviews state here, he does not disappoint.

wildwood boys

excellent excellent! This is really good J.C. Blake novel. he is a master of blood and guts, without it being overpowering. The characters are lifelike, they will jump out at you. If you like western history with a little romance and a touch of palatable gore, then you've got to try Blake. I've read all of his other novels (that I can get my hands on) and have put him on my "must read" list of authors.