Sons of Texas · Book 1
Sons of Texas
- Published
- 1 January 1989
- Pages
- 533
- ISBN-13
- 9780786277865
- Type
- novel
About this book
Sons of Texas (1989) opens Elmer Kelton's trilogy at 533 pages, following the Lewis family siblings as settlers and Mexican authorities move toward the revolution that would create the Republic of Texas; it was originally published under the shared house pseudonym Tom Early.
Its place in Sons of Texas
Sons of Texas is book 1 in the Sons of Texas series. It is followed by The Raiders: Sons of Texas. See the full Sons of Texas reading order.
The Sons of Texas trilogy follows the Lewis family -- brothers Andrew, Michael, and James, and their sister Annie -- as American settlers and Mexican authorities in Texas move from uneasy coexistence toward the revolution that would create the Republic of Texas in the mid-1830s. Elmer Kelton wrote all three books; they were originally published under the house pseudonym Tom Early, a franchise byline the publisher later continued with further Sons of Texas installments by other, unrelated writers. Kelton's three…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780786277865