After the bugles
Elmer Kelton.
- Large print ed.
- Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2009.
- 277 p. (large print) 23 cm.
- Thorndike Press large print western .
Sam Houston's victory at San Jacinto has made Texas an independent republic. Along with other settlers whose lives have been disrupted by the revolution, Joshua Buckalew tries to put the pieces back together. He finds that starting over in the aftermath of war can be as challenging as war itself. The racial differences that helped foment the conflict have not disappeared -- and being an independent republic can be more difficult than being a colony of Mexico.