Contents Author's Note Prologue Act I: Colonists and Captains Chapter 1: 'Texian Devils!' Chapter 2: Luckless Liberators Chapter 3: The Long Republic Chapter 4: A Connecticut Yankee Chapter 5: The Empresario Chapter 6: The 'Magna Carta' Chapter 7: An Inkling of Independence Chapter 8: Unlearned Lessons Chapter 9: Austin Behind Bars Chapter 10: 'Come To Our Aid' Chapter 11: 'How Do You Like That Answer?' Chapter 12: Looting and Shouting Chapter 13: 'Hurry On!' Chapter 14: 'Victory Purchased with Blood' Chapter 15: Take the Fight South Chapter 16: From Bad to Worse Chapter 17: The Finest Company Chapter 18: 'My Men Evinced No Dismay' Chapter 19: 'Boys, Fight To the Last!" Chapter 20: Invading Comancheria Act II: Lone Star Lawman Chapter 21: 'Walking Whiskey Keg' Chapter 22: Gettysburg of the West Chapter 23: 'Coolness and Courage' Chapter 24: Frontier Forces Chapter 25: 'True To His Colors' Chapter 26: Farmer and Father Chapter 27: No Book To Stop This Bullet Chapter 28: Follow the Money Chapter 29: Another Long and Bloody War Chapter 30: Quick With a Gun Chapter 31: 'A Perfect Reign of Terror' Chapter 32: The Peacekeepers Chapter 33: Reporters and Rangers ACT III: Their Backs to the River Chapter 34: Patrolling the Nueces Strip Chapter 35: 'You Must Be the Judge' Chapter 36: Emperor McNelly Chapter 37: 'Got You Now!' Chapter 38: 'Master of the Situation' Chapter 39: 'The Jaws of Death' Chapter 40: 'Kill All You See' Chapter 41: Rio Grande Standoff Chapter 42: 'Death Squad' Chapter 44: Capt. McNelly Goes to Washington Chapter 45: 'This Rash Young Man' Chapter 46: 'Two Best Pistol Fighters in Texas' Chapter 47: The New Lieutenant Chapter 48: 'The Brave Who Sink to Rest' Epilogue Acknowledgments Selected Bibliography Index.