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West Point Colors

Anna Bartlett Warner

West Point Colors

West Point Colors

Anna Bartlett Warner

War & Military, Fiction

This is a nostalgic, heartwarming portrait of a boy on the threshold of becoming a man. Charlemagne "Magnus" Kindred dreams of West Point, and the novel traces his journey from civilian life to the rigor of the Academy. Anna Bartlett Warner, writing from genuine familiarity with cadet life, captures both the excitement and terror of leaving boyhood behind. The transition is not easy: there's homesickness, discipline that feels brutal, and the crushing weight of expectation. But there's also loyalty, camaraderie, and the slow, proud emergence of character. Warner doesn't romanticize the Academy so much as she honors it, showing the reader exactly why young men would choose this harder path. Based on real stories shared by West Point cadets, the novel feels authentic, specific, and genuinely moving. It's a story about what it costs to become something, and whether the price is worth paying.

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A historical novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around a young boy named Charlemagne "Magnus" Ki...

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Excerpt from West Point Colors Some of my friends in a certain cadet class beset me to write a West Point story; promisi...

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