Sons of Texas (Sons of Texas Trilogy 1) Review

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(More customer reviews)The first of a trilogy, Sons of Texas looks at Texas' gaining of independence from Spanish rule by following the lives of central characters, Michael Lewis and his younger brother, Andrew. Mordecai Lewis, Michael's father, headed the western Tennessee family when the story began in 1816 - a time when a hunter had shot pouch and powder horn.
Mordecai was often away and he led a group of local landowners to Texas to bring back a herd of wild horses. Sixteen-year-old Michael tagged along as did Cyrus Blackwood whose family had a reputation for thievery and causing other trouble to their neighbours.
Protecting the interests of the Spanish crown at that time was the brutal Lieutenant Armando Rodriguez. Rodriguez captured and killed Mordecai and Michael was left to die by Blackwood that was a beginning of a feud between the families when Michael survived and returned to Tennessee some time later.
Michael still found Texas an irresistible draw and together with Andrew left to protect his family from the hostility that the Blackwoods were directing towards him, to find romance and to eventually confront Rodriguez.
The feud with the Blackwoods is to be developed further in The Raiders and The Rebels and I'm hoping that the rest of the Lewis family will be featured more. Especially Michael's mother Patience who married Mordecai's brother Benjamin, and the effervescent Annie, Michael's younger sister, who adored Michael for being so like their father.
Elmer Kelton has an understanding of the outdoor life and the ability to pass that onto the reader in a clear, entertaining manner that remained at a very high standard throughout.


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