You Either Grow Up or You Die
Cavalry Recruit is definitely one written by Will Cook under the Wade Everett name, as the copyright information gives his wife as the copyrighter, since Will Cook died the previous year at the age of 42. And this book is typical Cook work--in that it surprises you at every turn of the page. His westerns and especially his cavalry stories are always new and refreshing to read, with situations and people who are not always the typical type you find in these kinds of stories. Loch Angevine fresh in the army didn't know a thing about the army or even much about life, so he had to learn it all as life played out around him. And since Arizona was a new territory to even the Army everyone was having to learn together--especially how to stay alive with the Apaches on the war path. An excellent book.
