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Drums Along the Mohawk (New York Classics)
by Walter D. Edmonds

Drums Along the Mohawk (New York Classics)
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Author: Walter D. Edmonds
Foreword: Frank Bergmann
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1997-03
ISBN: 0815604572
Number of pages: 608
Publisher: Syracuse University Press

Book Reviews of Drums Along the Mohawk (New York Classics)

Book Review: A Hard Book To Like
Summary: 2 Stars

The book is set in New York from the years 1776 to 1784. There's relentless action but after awhile it gets monotonous. The enemy attacks and burns everything, the colonists rebuild as best they can, the enemy comes back and burns everything. In between the menfolk march off for a couple of campaigns. Monotonous though the book is, I suppose this was how life really was back then.

But no matter how much action the book contains, it's hard to enjoy it when you absolutely hate the characters. I'm speaking specifically of the "hero" Gil Martin. I hated him with a passion and kept hoping that he would meet a gruesome end. If I had been his wife Lana I would have killed him long before now.

Bearing in mind the novel was written in the 1930's, don't expect any political correctness. The minorities are written in all their stereotypical splendor ("How!" "Yass'um mas'a") and the women are treated almost as poorly. Once in awhile a character would pop up that I found I could like but they only lasted a couple of pages. Overall I couldn't warm up to this book because of the annoying characters although I was able to develop a respect for the real life colonists and what it must have really been like for them just trying to survive season by season.

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