The Texans

by Brett Cogburn

A Texan always keeps his promise.
 
At seventeen years old, Odell Spurling is taller than most men, and all too ready to be treated like one. But nothing could prepare him for the Comanche raid that left him without a home or family. The girl he loves, Red Wing Wilson, was once a Comanche herself—stolen as a child and raised among Texans. With a promise to return to her, he sets off for revenge. But when the President of Texas attempts to make peace with the Comanche, and arranges to return Red Wing in a gesture of goodwill, Odell finds himself on a mission greater than mere revenge. To get her back, he’ll have to contend with an unforgiving land, a sword-brandishing Prussian, and a Comanche warrior who has sworn to take his scalp. 

Genres: Westerns

320 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2013

Reviews

[Amy Mello · Rating 4 out of 5]

Liked Mr. Cogburns style of writing. Character development was okay. I fell in love with Son, but wanted to know him more. Going to read Panhandle next.

[Anne Patkau · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fast battles. Comanches are villains, torture slowly, nastily. History interweaves tall tales eccentrics. Big boy Odell and saber-slicer Prussian woo girl Red Wing taken from Comanches.Typo 26.9 wating^ waiting

[Clara Roberts · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this book. It told Texas history from the early Texans called in the book Tejanos and the Comanche Indians. It was an interesting treatment of an early history of Texas.