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Boots and Saddles A Call to Glory is the turning point that saved George Pattons military career. At thirty-two, Patton is a West Point graduate, Second Lieutenant mired in a dead-end career. He is a cavalry officer and Saber Master, a nineteenth-century warrior facing the reality of a twentieth-century military that seemingly has no place for him. Prospects for the glorious career he desires seem lost, until the United States Cavalry is called to one last fight. In the spring of 1916 political instability in Mexico spills across the U.S. border. The revolutionary bandit Pancho Villa raids Columbus, New Mexico. President Woodrow Wilsons neutrality policy toward the war in Europe is challenged on the nations southern border by the presence of German agents operating in Mexico.
About the Author
Readers say, pick-up a Paul Colt book, you can't put it down. Paul Colt historical novels crackle with authenticity. His analytical insight, investigative research and genuine horse sense bring history to life. His characters walk off the pages of history into the reader's imagination in a style that blends Jeff Shaara's historical dramatizations with Robert B. Parker's gritty dialog. Paul Colt history entertains and informs. Paul writes Action Adventure, western style.Paul's Grasshoppers in Summer was recently recognized with a coveted Will Rogers Medallion Award. Grasshoppers in Summer and Friends Call Me Bat are Western Writers of America Spur Award honorees. His Boots and Saddles a Call to Glory received the Marilyn Brown Novel Award, presented by Utah Valley University. Publisher's Weekly calls it "...a stunning success." His work in western fiction gives creative expression to a life long love of the west. Paul grew up as comfortable on the back of a horse as most kids are on a bicycle. He gets his boots dirty researching a story, whenever possible from the back of a horse.
