When they are not fighting, the troopers pass the time by playing cards and bonding, which helps them forget their hunger and make it through the cold winter. The attack is brutal and violent, but Thomas finds this oddly satisfying. One of their first attacks is on the Yurok people, prompted when some European settlers in the nearby town of Fort Kearney complain about them. They are commissioned to fight in the Indian wars, a series of armed conflicts against Native American groups. When Thomas is 17, the pair enroll in the army. Thomas and John Cole’s friendship deepens into an intimate relationship, which they hide from the public. They travel together to a mining town called Daggsville, where they are hired to dance and act like women in a saloon owned by a man named Titus Noone. From this moment onwards, they become inseparable. Thomas meets a boy his age, John Cole, when they both seek shelter under the same hedge. As a 13-year-old orphan, he joined a wave of Irish emigrants who travelled to America in search of a better life, a grueling journey that took him first to Canada before settling in Missouri. Thomas is originally from the port town of Sligo, Ireland, but he lost his family during the Great Famine. Set in America during the 1850s and 1860s, the novel opens with the narrator, Thomas McNulty, recounting his younger years as a soldier in the Indian wars. The following version of this book was used to create this guide: Barry, Sebastian.
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