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Author
Publisher
Atria Paperback
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
I have been to hangings before, but never my own.....Sitting in a jail cell on the eve of his hanging, April 1, 1875, freedman Persimmon "Persy" Wilson wants nothing more than to leave some record of the truth-his truth. He may be guilty, but not of what he stands accused: the kidnapping and rape of his former master's wife. In 1860, Persy had been sold to Sweetmore, a Louisiana sugar plantation, alongside a striking, light-skinned house slave named...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Texas Rangers Augustus McCrae and Woodrow F. Call are now young men dealing with the ever increasing tensions of adult life-- Gus with his great love, Clara, and Call with Maggie, the young prostitute who is in love with him. McCrae and Call join a Ranger troop in pursuit of three outlaws: Comanche Chief Buffalo Hump, Comanche horse thief Kicking Wolf and Ahumado, the deadly Mexican bandit king with a penchant for slow torture. Together, they struggle...
Author
Series
Lonesome Dove saga volume Second Prequel
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Texas Rangers August McCrae and Woodrow F. Call, now in their middle years, are just beginning to deal with the enigmas of the adult heart - Gus with his great love, Clara Forsythe; and Call with Maggie Tilton, the young whore who loves him. Two proud but very different men, they enlist with a Ranger troop in pursuit of Buffalo Hump, the great Comanche war chief; Kicking Wolf, the celebrated Comanche horse thief; and a deadly Mexican bandit king with...
6) El hijo
Author
Publisher
Literatura Random House
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Español
Description
"Eli McCullough es el primer varón nacido en la recién inaugurada República de Texas. Durante una fatídica noche de 1849, una banda de comanches asalta su hogar, asesinando brutalmente a su madre y a su hermana y tomándolo a él como prisionero. Con apenas trece años pero armado de valor e inteligencia, se verá obligado a vivir en el seno de la tribu y a adaptarse a sus costumbres bajo un nuevo nombre y como hijo adoptivo del jefe indio. Cuando...
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