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Name: Gone to Texas

Author: Don Wright
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The newest historical novel by the bestselling author of The WoodsmanGone to Texas, is the saga of Peyton Lewis and Fletcher Rucker, two rebel boys whose innocence was destroyed in the bloody wreckage that was the Civil War. Young, desperate men, they fall in with a scheme to rob a bank but are unprepared for the violence that ensues. Sickened by the ravages of war and the wanton cruelty that is the legacy of this bloody conflict, they take their cut and join those who look to the wilderness of the Texas frontier for a fresh start. Along the way they will meet rogues, killers, and two exceptional women: the tortured Molly Klinner, a woman whose sweet life has been shattered by the war, and Janice Johnson, an eastern beauty who views her journey to the Wild West as nothing but a lark -- but who will learn the true meaning of humanity. Together they will weather the travails of the new frontier and carve out a new life.

Gone to Texas is a haunting novel of men and women brought to the limits of their endurance and who, though flawed and very human, transform themselves into a shining example of the pioneer spirit.

"A breathtaking adventure of power and scope.... A captivating wilderness adventure of love and courage during the French and Indian wars.". -- Publishers Weekly on The Woodsman