Many a River Kelton, Elmer

The Barfield family, Arkansas sharecroppers, are heading west with their sons Jeffrey and Todd In far West Texas their camp is attacked by Comanche raiders and the elder Barfields are killed and scalped The younger boy, Todd, is taken captive by the Indians The older son, Jeffrey, manages to hide and is rescued by the militia men Jeffrey is taken in by a homesteading family, while Todd is sold, for a rifle and gunpowder, to a Comanchero trader named JanuaryBoth become caught up in the turbulence of the Civil War, which even in remote West Texas, the border country with New Mexico, pits Confederate sympathizers against Unionists The brothers, separated by violence, are destined to be rejoined by violence Will they meet as friends or deadly enemies? ISBN10: 0765320509 ISBN13: 9780765320506Material Type: hardcover