LOYAL TO THE CAUSE - the cause of a "Devine Destiny" came from ThomarJefferson to James Madison and was a promise for a new country with new ideas and dreams. The dream of a "United States" which would stretch east to west from Atlantice to Pacific and north to south from Canada to Mexico.LOYAL TO THE CAUSE - is a historic epic entwining the lives of the Butler family with "DevineDestiny". Patriarch Clayton Butler graduates from the new West Point military acamemy and plans a trail...

A TV Series on AMC starring Pierce Brosnan and co-written by Philipp Meyer.Now in paperback, the critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling epic, a multi-generational family saga of land, blood, and power that follows the rise of one unforgettable Texas family from the Comanche raids of the 1800s to the oil booms of the 20th century.Part epic of Texas, part classic coming-of-age story, part unflinching examination of the bloody price of power, The Son

From the master of alternate history comes an epic of the second Civil War. It was an epoch of glory and success, of disaster and despair. . . .1881: A generation after the South won the Civil War, America writhed once more in the bloody throes of battle. Furious over the annexation of key Mexican territory, the United States declared total war against the Confederate States of America in 1881.But this was a new kind of war, fought on a lawless frontier whe...

From breaking wild horses in Colorado to fighting the Red Baron's squadrons in the skies over France, here in his own words is the true story of a forgotten American hero: the cowboy who became our first ace and the first pilot to fly the American colors over enemy lines.Growing up on a ranch in Sterling, Colorado, Frederick Libby mastered the cowboy arts of roping, punching cattle, and taming horses. As a young man he exercised his skills in the mountains and on the ranges of Ariz...

The bloodiest battle in American history is under way . . . It's 1863, and Thomas and his little sister, Birdie, have fled the farm where they were born and raised as slaves. Following the North Star, looking for freedom, they soon cross paths with a Union soldier. Everything changes: Corporal Henry Green brings Thomas and Birdie back to his regiment, and suddenly it feels like they've found a new home. Best of all, they don't have to find their way north alone-they're marching with the ar...

A feud erupts that could burn a Texas town to the ground in this classic frontier adventure from "the greatest Western writer of all time" (Western Writers of America, Inc.).Eyes of the Hawk, winner of the Spur Award for Best Western Novel, is an outstanding tale of Texas—filled with authentic characters and history, and telling the story of the remarkable courage and determination of the men and women who challenged an unyielding wilderness to build a fron...

At age thirteen, Dayton Hyde, a spirited beanpole of a boy, ran away from home in Michigan to Yamsi, his uncle’s ranch in eastern Oregon. This was in the 1930s, and Yamsi was one of the last great cattle ranches of the West. Soon the boy, nicknamed Hawk,” was riding a horse, soaking up ranch life from the hired hands, and winning the cowboys’ respect.A natural bronco buster, he eventually became a rodeo rider, bull fighter, clown, and photographer, working all over the West with t...

The Fenady style is straight-forward, unembellished storytelling. --VarietyWar Made Them HeroesThey met on the battlefields of Vicksburg. General Ulysses S. Grant, George Armstrong Custer, and the Rebel Johnny Yuma. Three men united by fate--in a nation divided by war--they were dedicated to freedom, driven to extremes, and destined for greatness. . .History Made Them LegendsOf the three, Johnny Yuma was the most el...

Once, there was a world where the heroes were defined by their white clothing and the bad guys always wore black. The town sheriff always gunned down the wild gunslinger while the lady in distress cowered. The Indian was to be feared, not understood, and the white man always saved the day. This was the traditional Western.But times change, as did the Western. The evolving Western is told from the point of view of blacks, Native Americans, Hispanics, Asians, Jews, Gentiles, Mormons, ...

William Clarke Quantrill is the most hunted man in America. Ask anybody and they’ll tell you how he burned Lawrence, Kansas, to the ground, brought the Yankees to their knees in Missouri, and wrote his name in blood on the pages of history.Now the war is over, and he’s leading Frank and Jesse James and the boys to Kentucky for one last campaign. They aim to raise hell, spill blood, and break some hearts before they’re done. This is his story, and he tells it his way, with no apolog...

Rebel Gray, Mountain Green is a story of the Confederate guerrilla raid on St. Albans, Vermont in October 1864. Though fiction, it is fact-based: most of the incidents described did happen, and most of the characters are named for the actual participants.The book begins with a brief account of the conversion and martyrdom of Saint Alban, a Roman Centurion in Britain. The story then follows Bennett Young, the leader of the raid, from enlistment through wartime experiences: Colonel C...

Yellowstone Kelly has dealt with Indians, Zulus, hapless Brits, and Mormons. Now the intrepid scout meets his greatest challenge: Theodore Roosevelt.Nowadays US Army Major Luther "Yellowstone" Kelly isn't the young lively man he once was. He's cantankerous, stubborn, and his nagging illnesses are exacerbated by the slightest provocation. Still, Kelly is called back into action by his most irritating boss yet: a young assistant secretary of the navy by the name of Th...