Two for Texas
by James Lee Burke
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Son Holland arrived in the Louisiana penal camp determined not to spend the rest of his days suffering in a chain gang - but he didn't imagine for one minute that in order to escape he would need to kill a man. Terrified for his life, he flees the state across the river to Texas, taking with him a beautiful Indian squaw and a fellow prisoner. And as they make their way towards General Houston's infamous Texas Rangers they find themselves in the midst of the final tragic battle for the show more Alamo.TWO FOR TEXAS has all the lyrical beauty and powerful storytelling of James Lee Burke at his very best.. show less
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Well-written story of two convicts who escape from Louisiana and flee to Texas where they become embroiled in the battle of the Alamo. The plot is singular and linear, which is the only significant flaw of the book. Without any subplots, there is too little complexity for a thriller of this length.
Two men break out of a Louisiana prison in 1835 and flee to Texas. Once there, they join Sam Houston's army and take part in the Texas' revolution of 1835-36. This is an entertaining combination of fiction and history with some Native American lore and some romance thrown in for good measure.
This is a sideways look at the battle of the Alamo with a James Lee Burke slant. Read it!
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James Lee Burke, winner of two Edgar awards, is the author of nineteen previous novels, many of them "New York Times" bestsellers, including "Cimmaron Rose", Cadillac Jukebox", & "Sunset Limited". He & his wife divide their time between Missoula, Montana, & New Iberia, Louisiana. (Publisher Provided)
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- Canonical title
- Two for Texas
- Original publication date
- 1997
- People/Characters
- Son Holland; Hugh Allison; Sam Houston; Deaf Smith (Erastus Smith); Jim Bowie; Davy Crockett (show all 8); William Barret Travis; Antonio López de Santa Anna
- Important places
- USA; Texas, USA; Louisiana, USA; The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas, USA
- Important events
- Texas Revolution; Battle of the Alamo
- First words
- The first day that Son Holland arrived in the penal camp, manacled inside a mule-drawn wagon with seven other convicts, he knew that he would eventually escape, that he would die before he would spend ten years in a steaming ... (show all)swamp under the guns and horse quirts of malarial Frenchmen with Negro blood in their veins and a degenerate corruption in their hearts.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)They thought only of the dust devils blowing across the plain and the Comanches that could hide like shadows in an arroyo.
- Original language
- English
Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Mystery, Historical Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PS3552 .U723 .T96 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1961-
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- Reviews
- 4
- Rating
- (4.01)
- Languages
- English, Italian
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 23
- ASINs
- 2
