The Devil's Own A romance of the Black Hawk War
Randall Parrish presents a stirring frontier tale set during the Black Hawk War of the early 1830s with figures like Zachary Taylor and Abraham Lincoln. The narrative follows Knox and Beaucaire with Kirby, amid clashes, passion, and slavery tensions, delivering action driven adventure.
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Middle West
Mississippi River
Zachary Taylor
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Jefferson Davis
Black Hawk
Keokuk
Knox
Beaucaire
Kirby
Randall Parrish
Frontier Fort Armstrong to Rock Island River Journey
In 1832 at Old Fort Armstrong I, Knox, an Army lieutenant, join Captain Throckmorton aboard the Warrior bound for St. Louis. On deck I encounter Judge Beaucaire of Missouri and Jim Kirby, a notorious gambler, while Major Bliss arranges a confidential courier mission to deliver letters to Missouri and Illinois governors and General Atkinson.
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Old Fort Armstrong
Rock Island
the Rock
Mississippi
Gaines
Black Hawk
Keokuk
Prairie du Chien
Judge Beaucaire
Missouri
St. Louis
Joe Kirby
Jim
New Orleans
Knox
Sanders
Bliss
Armstrong
Leutenant
Clark
Reynolds
Atkinson
Jefferson Barracks
Throckmorton
Sam
Fort Armstrong
Beaucaire
Cape Girardeau
Wheeling
Ohio
Falls
Qquiver
Alphonie de Beaucaire
Dtiberville
D’iberville
Louisiana
Alphonse de Beaucaire
Monsieur Kirby
Steven Knox
Judge
Carver
McAfee
Kirby
House of Beaucaire
Louis
France
Beaucaires Beckon on the Mississippi River Tale
Historical narrative reveals Alphonse de Beaucaire's 10 000 acre grant on the Missouri bank, his son Lucius’ decline, and Adelbert Bert Beaucaire’s mysterious disappearance after a wild youth. Haines recounts the Beaucaire lineage and a cliffside mansion as river legends endure.
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Chapter
History of
Beaucaires
Felipe
Feline
Lucius
Menard
Haines
Lucius Beaucaire
Adelbert
Landing
Mademoiselle Menard
Bert
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