Below is my review of "FLASHMAN AND THE REDSKINS", mwandishi George MacDonald Fraser's seventh novel in the Flashman Papers series:


"FLASHMAN AND THE REDSKINS" (1982) Book Review

Set during the Old West of 1849-50 and the mid 1870s, "FLASHMAN AND THE REDSKINS" has the distinction of being the first novel in the Flashman Papers series to begin outside of Great Britain. It will not be the last, but it certainly was the first. Penned kwa George MacDonald Fraser and published in 1982, the novel also happens to be my inayopendelewa in the series.

Since this particular novel happened to be an immediate follow-up...

"CENTENNIAL" (1978-79) - Episode Eight "The Storm" Commentary

The eighth episode of "CENTENNIAL" is a bit of a conundrum for me. Of the eight episodes so far, it seemed to be the only one in which the time span struck me as rather confusing. Which is a pity, because I found it rather interesting.

"The Storm" had the potential to be one of the better episodes of the miniseries. Unfortunately, it seemed marred kwa a good deal of mistakes that left the time span rather confusing. The awali episode, "The Shepherds" ended with Levi Zendt leaving Centennial to visit his hometown of Lancaster, Pennsylvania....