
LONDON: - WARD AND LOCK, - 158, FLEET STREET. - MDCCCLXI.
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. - THE RUNAWAY.
CHAPTER II. - QUONIAM.
CHAPTER III. - BLACK AND WHITE.
CHAPTER IV. - THE MANADA.
CHAPTER V. - BLACK-DEER.
CHAPTER VI. - THE CLAIM.
CHAPTER VII. - MONKEY-FACE.
CHAPTER VIII. - THE DECLARATION OF WAR.
Set against the sweeping transformation of the American frontier, the story follows a band of fiercely independent frontiersmen as the wilderness gives way to settlement. Their lives are caught in the clash between Mexican authority and the restless settlers who yearn for liberty, and the narrative moves from dense, untamed forests to the newly cleared fields of early Texas. The narrator paints vivid scenes of rugged terrain, native tribes retreating from the advancing plow, and the simmering tensions that will soon ignite into open conflict.
Through a mix of daring raids, personal rivalries, and the stark moral questions of a land in flux, the tale captures both the raw violence of the border war and the uneasy humanity of its participants. As the characters confront loyalty, love, and betrayal, listeners are drawn into an early chapter of a larger saga that examines how an emerging Texas wrestles with its identity amid the broader currents of a nation on the brink of civil war.
Language
en
Duration
~8 hours (465K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
Jul 12, 2012
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1818–1883
A globe-trotting French adventure novelist, Gustave Aimard turned frontier life, daring voyages, and encounters across the Americas into fast-paced tales that captivated nineteenth-century readers.
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