This is the story of two young brothers who are travelling across Texas with their parents when they are separated and orphaned by a Comanche attack. I have always found Elmer Kelton a extremely reliable author when I am in the mood for a good western story and Many A River was no exception. Will they meet as friends or deadly enemies?Īt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. The brothers, separated by violence, are destined to be rejoined by violence. Jeffrey is taken in by a home-steading family, while Todd is sold, for a rifle and gunpowder, to a Comanchero trader named January.īoth become caught up in the turbulence of the Civil War, which even in remote West Texas, the border country with New Mexico, pits Confederate sympathizers against Unionists. The older son, Jeffrey, manages to hide and is rescued by the militia men. The younger boy, Todd, is taken captive by the Indians. In far West Texas their camp is attacked by Comanche raiders and the elder Barfields are killed and scalped.
The Barfield family, Arkansas sharecroppers, are heading west with their sons Jeffrey and Todd. In seven-time Spur Award-winning author Elmer Kelton's Many a River, two brothers are orphaned and separated-only to be reunited as enemies on opposing sides of the Civil War.
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