Kerr, Rita

A fictionalized biography of Churchill Roberts, a second generation Texan who joined the Thirteenth Calvary Battalion during the Civil War and fought in Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana.

Thirty-two men answer Colonel William Travis's plea for help and cross enemy lines to help defend the Alamo in 1836.

Having ridden the Orphan Train from New York City to Texas in 1904, Eddie and Tommy start an exciting new life in a small country town.