FROM TENNESSEE TO TEXAS, A LONG JOURNEY INTO HELL

Jake and his family had barely reached Texas before his ma died, and his pa wasn't too long in joining her. Barely eighteen himself, Jake suddenly had three younger brothers to think about.

He didn't know the first thing about cattle or Texas, Comanche or mustangs, but Jake had a few things on his side. Whether breaking wild ponies, beating back brushfires, or fighting off Indians, Jake proved he was a Wetherby, a force to be reckoned with. The cruel, hard West wasn't going to beat him that easily. . .