tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6396788184066846681.post2353421804700759112..comments2024-03-23T15:28:15.198+00:00Comments on Icy's Blunt Pencil: [Book Review] Flashman and the RedskinsIcy Sedgwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11501193571425442406noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6396788184066846681.post-66385781702631039302014-04-04T02:00:59.305+01:002014-04-04T02:00:59.305+01:00I realize that many tend to compliment GMF for his...I realize that many tend to compliment GMF for his historical accuracy, but I never understood why he allowed Flashman, Suzie and the other women travel via the Santa Fe Trail to Sacramento, CA. It would have been a more direct journey, if they had traveled via the Oregon Trail and later, the California Trail.The Rush Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13667282586023023623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6396788184066846681.post-62772253081113874822011-03-31T11:53:23.738+01:002011-03-31T11:53:23.738+01:00I've had the Flashman series recommended to me...I've had the Flashman series recommended to me, but haven't tried them yet. Will have to do so.Tony Nolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090583562737225942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6396788184066846681.post-38710555408645214792011-03-31T06:27:23.464+01:002011-03-31T06:27:23.464+01:00I've been tempted to read one of these a fair ...I've been tempted to read one of these a fair few times over the years but never got round to it. Great review. Will definitely have to fill this gap in my reading CV.dan powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14131553102349479513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6396788184066846681.post-139019928553263072011-03-30T18:56:52.053+01:002011-03-30T18:56:52.053+01:00Much of GMF's stuff is well worth reading. I p...Much of GMF's stuff is well worth reading. I particularly like his one off farce about Anglo-Scots relations in the Elizabethan period: the Reavers.stuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16388674850920848503noreply@blogger.com