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POSH Magazine
Avenging Victorio has received a rave review in the Fall 2007 issue of POSH Magazine.
"Dave DeWitt, known as the
“Pope of Peppers,” makes an auspicious fiction debut in
Avenging Victorio. The novel highlights the 1881 Apache
insurgency, a series of skirmishes in New Mexico
Territory led by an aged elder named Nana in revenge
for the murder of the great-war chief, Victorio, at the
hands of the Mexicans. The prose periodically reverts
to history lesson instead of fictionalized account at
the beginning, but this effect fades as the reader is
brought up to speed and the story’s momentum builds.
DeWitt superbly portrays the cultural differences and
motivations between the Apaches and the U.S. Army
commanders, making it hard to sympathize completely
with either camp. No matter the side chosen, the
promise of upcoming battle grows like a hunger, each
further encounter eagerly anticipated, and the
intriguing cast of real-life personages, including
Colonel Edward T. Hatch, Kaytennae, Lieutenant John
Guilfoyle, Geronimo, and the Buffalo Soldiers of the
9th Cavalry, brings this historical episode to vibrant
life." — POSH Magazine, Fall 2007
