Dal Ray Scott: Revolutionary - Ranger - Rebel (American Souts and Rangers Series, Band 4) - Softcover

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This is the story of one man's journey through thirty years of relentless bloodshed. As a teen he is swept up into the Texas Revolution after his father and elder brother are murdered in the Goliad Massacre. Joining with the Texican rebels he skirmishes with Mexican forces, shadows their movements and becomes an integral part of the final battle at San Jacinto.Texas liberty brings new challenges. Like most young Texican men, Dal Ray is called upon to serve on the frontier. He battles both Plains Indians and Mexican forces. The feared Comanche sweep in from the endless plains in bloody raids upon the settlements with only the Texas Rangers and a few Federal forces to keep the feared warriors in check. Dal's prowess as a scout is sharpened serving with Indian scouts.Scott is allied with the only Indians more feared than the Comanche -- the Apache. He joins the sworn enemy his enemy in making war. Traveling with the famous Apache warrior Diablo, he takes part in the largest horse stealing raid in Texas history. Through the ceaseless fighting Dal becomes concerned at his own sanity in the intense blood-letting on the frontier.In a strange turn of his Ranger career, he finds himself in the Mexican War supporting Federal forces in the heart of an alien nation. The raw cruelty of his frontier fighting is utilized while protecting US Army supply lines from irregular Mexican guerrilla fighters. Brutalized by this raw form of warfare, the survirors of Captain Scott's Ranger company finally return across the Rio Grande to their beloved Texas.Years of Indian scouts and war take their toll. In a bid to stabalize his life Scott becomes the Guadalupe County Sheriff. Setting aside his life on the trail, his highest desire is to settle into happiness with his beloved wife. Yet, as a local lawman, Scott is constantly called-upon to fight to keep the peace. When destiny forces him into killing one of his own former Rangers, he decides to call it quits and join his old trail partner in raising longhorns on their sprawling Texas ranch.Before he can put his plan for retirement into place, war again intervenes in his life. The Civil War rages to life demanding his unique skills once more. Leading a company of scouts he is drawn into massive battles of unbelievable destruction. Surrounded in blood and suffering Scott faces his greatest test as Gray and Blue lines clash.

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