By David Marion Wilkinson.
A retired Texas Ranger recommended this 650 page book. I agree with him it is the best epic I have read since "Lonesome Dove".
A young fellow leaves Lousiana with his cousin and goes to Texas. Along the way you read about Stephen Austin, Sam Houston, The Alamo, Santa Anna. He becomes involved with a aristocratic Mexican family and a Commanche.
It was hard to put down.