Title: A dangerous promise
First published: 1994
Description: In 1861, while living with his foster parents at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, twelve-year-old Mike Kelly and his best friend Todd Blakely join the Second Kansas Infantry in the Union army as drummer boys but their dreams of glory end when they experience the full horrors of war at the Battle of Wilson's Creek in Missouri. When Todd dies in battle, Mike travels to the front lines to keep a dangerous promise: to return Todd's watch to his sister.
Subjects: Fiction, Foster home care, History, Juvenile fiction, Missouri Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Wilson's Creek, Battle of, Mo., 1861
Places: 1861 Wilson's Creek, Battle of, Mo., Missouri, United States
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865