Risk the hazard trail: The loves of Sean O'Malley

Risk The Hazard Trail Florence B. Smith This historical novel of the West is about an Irishman who falls victim to the first US Conscription, and the resulting riots in New York City. Sean O'Malley joins the Army to fight Confederates, but ends up in Indian territory. He wants to be a hard-hearted, uncaring killer and intends to kill the man with a black eye-patch whom he sees murder one of his seven brothers. All but two of his entire family are killed during the worst riots in US history. An Irish widow teaches him to love, a colonel's daughter wins first place in his heart by her courage and daring, and a young deaf Indian maiden needs his help. All three women, along with a testy freight-wagon driver, a black Army clerk, his surviving brother, and a humanitarian Army general, shape and mold Sean into the man he never expects to become.