Sons of Texas

ISBN: 076531021X

Title: Sons of Texas

Author: Elmer Kelton

KDL Description:

In 1816, Mordecai Lewis, a veteran of Andrew Jackson’s Indian campaigns, moves his family into the western Tennessee canebrakes. Not satisfied with farming, he leads his two sons and a few other backwoodsmen into Spanish-held Texas to hunt wild horses and return the herd to sell in Tennessee.

Amazon Description:

In 1816, Mordecai Lewis, a veteran of Andrew Jackson’s Indian campaigns and battles against the British, moves his family into the western Tennessee canebrakes. But Mordecai, a born wanderer, is not satisfied with farming, and with his sons Michael and Andrew and some other backwoodsmen, he leads a foray into Spanish-held Texas to hunt wild horses and return the mustang herd to sell in Tennessee.