John William Huelskamp

Friends of the Wigwam John William Huelskamp

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EDITORIAL REVIEW ... This is a love story about six young friends whose innocence is stripped from them seemingly overnight in the brutal setting of the American Civil War. The subplots woven into the story include each friend's successes and struggles on the battlefields, the story of those who led the battles, and a magnificent war-horse that is a steadfast survivor in the face of many tragedies.

"Friends of the Wigwam is a fascinating and thoroughly engrossing historical novel. Author John William Huelskamp has combined extraordinary research and vivid narrative to create a compelling story. For people looking for a successor to Michael Shaara's PULITZER PRIZE winning novel, The Killer Angels, they'll find it in Friends of the Wigwam."
-Dwight John Zimmerman, New York Times bestselling co-author of Lincoln's Last Days

"Using previously unpublished letters and diaries, the author re-creates the feel, the sense, and the sound of the 1860s. History repeats itself in the pages of Friends of the Wigwam in the best possible way."
-Robert I. Girardi, Civil War Author and Historian

"It took a stranger passing through town to pull together one of the most important historical dramas of the Civil War. Huelskamp's research and story has set the record straight for future generations."
-Harriet Gustason, Freeport-Journal Standard