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Highly recommend. I knew it would be a good story, but (because the author is unknown to me) I did not expect it would be so colorfully and poetically written. Characters are vividly drawn, settings are richly described, and there is a lot of historical background, some through the stories of the old man and the "freed" captive girl, and some through the newspaper stories he reads in public appearances throughout Texas. I also loved hearing the names of places like Lampasas, Bandera, Uvalde, Aus
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Cinematic, modern western with compelling characters and a moving ending.
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