Nueces Truth: Texans Face War's Realities: The Tumbleweed Sagas Book #6 (Mark Greathouse - YA) baseball hat Union general William Woods Averell

Union general William Woods Averell led a six-hundred-mile raid culminating in the Battle of White Sulphur Springs in Green Brier County

They interact with historical characters as well as fictional

joined the Confederate army - and returned "home" as foreign invaders for the great battle in July 1863

A genealogical long shot led Mellen to discover the connection between her family and the letters at the library

and propel the nation into the modern age

Nueces Truth: Texans Face War's Realities: The Tumbleweed Sagas Book #6 (Mark Greathouse - YA) baseball hat Union general William Woods Averellby Mark Greathouse The Nueces Strip bares its unforgiving soul. In the turbulent final years of the Civil War, the Texas frontier is a powder keg of lawlessness and survival. Texas Ranger Captain Luke Dunn, known to the Comanche as "Ghost Who Rides," is caught in a relentless battle against bandits, rogue soldiers, and the unforgiving wilds of the Nueces Strip. With most of Texas best men fighting a losing cause, Dunn stands as a lone beacon of