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How Few Remain
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Harry Turtledove's The Great War

How Few Remain (1997) (edit title/settings)

by Harry Turtledove (Author) (edit contributors)

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From the master of alternate history comes an epic of the second Civil War. It was an epoch of glory and success, of disaster and despair. In the "Second" War Between the States, the times, the stakes, and the battle lines had changed--and so would history.

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  • Tom Custer: General William Armstrong Custer's younger brother. They share a very close relationship and both serve in the Union Cavalry.
  • Frederick Douglass: The same Frederick Douglass who escape slavery and wrote an autobiography in the real timeline.
  • Jackson: General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, the best general the Confederates have and so good the no one on the Union side can match him, even almost twenty years after the Civil War. Strikes fear into the hearts of Union commanders.
  • Stuart: Add a description of this character.
  • Harry Turtledove: The author.
  • Mr. Lincoln: Abraham Lincoln, who was voted out of office after the defeat by the Confederates and has been living in disgrace since. Borderline Socialist.
  • Theodore Roosevelt: Commander of a militia unit in Montana, serving under General Custer. He ranks as a Colonel of Militia.
  • Blaine: President of the United States who declares war on the Confederacy when they buy Sonora from Mexico.
  • Willcox: General Orlando Willcox, one of the U.S. generals. He leads the fight for Louisville, but is severely outclassed by Stonewall Jackson.
  • Sam
  • Henry Welton
  • Clay Herndon
  • Clemens: Samuel Clemens, A.K.A. Mark Twain. Editor for the newspaper in San Francisco and critical of the U.S. government.
  • Rosecrans: The Secretary of War for the United States.
  • Oliver Richardson
  • Alexandra
  • Helena
  • Foulke
  • Geronimo: Leader of Apache Indians who sides with the C.S.A.
  • Schlieffen: The same German commander who came up with the plan for Germany's invasion of Belgium and France during World War One. Now he is in America observing the way Americans fight a war.
  • John Taylor
  • Edward Porter Alexander
  • Libbie: General Custer's wife.
  • Gabe Hamilton
  • John Pope: General sent to deal with the Mormon uprising. Very critical of Abe Lincoln and hopes to hang him. Exacts harsh punishment on the Mormons and becomes a friend of General Custer.
  • George Custer: Lieutenant General of cavalry, out west fighting against Indians, but soon finds himself battling Mormons and British soldiers invading Montana. Amiable and outspoken, and hungry for battle.
  • Edgar Leary
  • Sutro
  • Chappo
  • Mcclellan
  • Ruggles
  • Von Schlozer
  • Lewis
  • El Paso
  • Anna
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First Sentence edit see section history

Buffalo bones littered the prairie south of Fort Dodge, Kansas.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This book is in Harry Turtledove's The Great War. (standard series)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Harry Turtledove (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Del Rey/Ballantine Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1997
ISBN: 0345416619
Page Count: 474

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