Massacre at Baxter Springs

Plot

A FAST PACED AND LIVELY CIVIL WAR NOVEL . While armies lock in deadly combat in the East, Kansans and Missourians wage their own heartland war, savaging all without pity. "Massacre at Baxter Springs" chronicles the true-life adventures of Billy Clark, an 18-year-old Wisconsin cavalry trooper who finds himself in the middle of a bloody guerilla war. Clark is quickly caught in the crossfire between William Quantrill's notorious guerillas and James Blunt, an outnumbered Union general who unwittingly leads his cavalry into a deadly ambush. The narrative describing the battle is based on previously unpublished Wisconsin archival material. This fast-paced novel, dramatizes this horrific confrontation, with all its brutality and heroism.