Saint Patrick's Battalion
Subtitle: a novel
By: James Alexander Thom.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
Subjects: Riley, John, b. 1817 -- Fiction; Mexico. Ejército. Batallón de San Patricio -- Fiction; Mexican War, 1846-1848 -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Other titles: St. Patrick's Battalion
Description: The alternating voices of Paddy Quinn, a young man with journalistic aspirations, and Mexican soldier Augustin Juvero recount the story of John Riley, who deserts the American army to fight for Mexico in the Mexican-American War.