North to Texas (Thorndike Large Print Western Series) - Hardcover

Loomis, Noel

9781410439918: North to Texas (Thorndike Large Print Western Series)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1410439917 ISBN 13: 9781410439918

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2011

The South needed Texas for men and supplies to carry on the war, but in Texas another war was raging, between Secessionists and Union sympathizers. Rancher Roy Talley wasn't looking for a fight, but two of his brothers had been among the Unionists killedin the bloody Nueces Massacre. Now Talley saw his chance for revenge. The South needed quinine more than anything except gold. And Talley meant to bargain smuggled quinine for a fortune.

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The south needed Texas for men and supplies to carry on the war, but in Texas, another war was raging -- and that one was between the secessionists and the sympathizers. Roy Talley was a rancher, and he wasn't looking for a fight. But two of his brothers had been among the Union sympathizers who had been killed in the bloody Nueces Massacre.

Now Talley saw his chance to avenge the murders of his brothers. With malaria raging through the camps, the South needed quinine more than it needed anything else. And Talley meant to bargain smuggled quinine for a fortune in gold.

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