In Nathan Jennings’ Riding for the Lone Star: Frontier Cavalry and the Texas Way of War, 1822-1865, (University of North Texas Press, $32.95), readers get the San Jacinto campaign, Comanche raiders, Texas Rangers and the Mexican and Civil wars, all in one volume. With a cast of legendary Western characters such as John Coffee Hays, John Salmon Ford, Ben McCulloch and Edward Burleson, and supporting players who include Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana, Sam Houston, Zachary Taylor, Winfield Scott and
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