Book description
On the Texas-Mexican border during the pre-Civil War era,
"Thirty-Thirty" Martinue, with his Lazy R spread, and Josiah
Zepeda and his Boxed X ranch, are drawn into an almost inevitable
generations-long range war over control of the huge expanse of scrub
land outside Brownsville, Texas.
During a cattle drive to Kansas, Thirty-Thirty's young son, Red
Martinue, meets the beautiful Celeste Kalinec, a professional singer
in a Dodge City saloon, and immediately falls in love with her. She
leaves her much-older husband, who's been abusing her, and returns
with the young man to Texas. Celeste sets up house with Red in the
ranch country, but ultimately becomes dissatisfied with the heat, hard
work, and lack of social interaction.
Under pressure from his pretty wife, Red finally sells his half of
the Lazy R to the Zepedas, and moves into town, and there he and his
wife become successful business entrepreneurs. However, Duncan Zepeda,
Josiah's son, wants Celeste for his own. The two old men and their two
younger heirs finally face off in a classic six-gun confrontation on
Main Street, settling the ancient feud once and for all.
A great action- and romance-packed saga of the Old West: it doesn't
get much grittier than this!
