Young Thomas McNulty and his brother-in-arms, John Cole join the US army, fighting in the Indian and Civil Wars in the 1850’s. Orphans of hardship, they find these days to be vivid and alive, despite the horrors they see. Moving from Wyoming to Tennessee, it’s a poignant story of the lives they are dealt, and a fresh look at these fateful years in America’s past. Winner Costa prize for Fiction.
