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The Rebels

Elmer Kelton
Contents ( 34)
  1. PART I
  2. THE NEWCOMERS Texas, 1830
  3. I
  4. II
  5. III
  6. IV
  7. V
  8. VI
  9. VII
  10. VIII
  11. IX
  12. X
  13. XI
  14. XII
  15. PART II
  16. THE SEEDS OF REVOLUTION Texas, 1832
  17. XIII
  18. XIV
  19. XV
  20. XVI
  21. XVII
  22. XVIII
  23. PART III
  24. TO ARMS! TO ARMS! 1835
  25. XIX
  26. XX
  27. XXI
  28. XXII
  29. XXIII
  30. XXIV
  31. XXV
  32. XXVI
  33. XXVII
  34. XXVIII

Praise for Elmer Kelton

“Seven-time Spur Award winner Kelton has always been a masterful Western storyteller of tales rich with historical detail, vivid characters, and sharply defined plots.”

—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Elmer Kelton writes of early Texas with unerring authority…. The fate of Texas is at hand, and Kelton will have readers eager to find out what happens.”

—Fort Worth Star-Telegram on The Buckskin Line

“The author, a seven-time Spur Award winner, has created a story rich in historical context, character development, and action.” —

Tulsa World on Sons of Texas

“This book resembles so many of the classics of the genre. It has distinct morality, strong male and female characters who have ‘the right stuff as well as true grit,’ lots of life-threatening action, enough romance to excite readers without crossing the boundaries of excess, and a satisfying ending when the heroes of both sexes find their fulfillment. The Raiders is a good book to read on a cold winter’s day!” —

The Source (Utica, Michigan)

BY ELMER KELTON
FROM TOM DOHERTY ASSOCIATES

After the Bugles
Badger Boy
Barbed Wire
Bitter Trail
Bowie’s Mine
Brush Country
(comprising Barbed Wire and Llano River)
Buffalo Wagons
Captain’s Rangers
Cloudy in the West
Donovan
Hanging Judge
Hot Iron
Jericho’s Road
Lone Star Rising: The Texas Rangers Trilogy
(comprising The Buckskin Line, Badger Boy,
and The Way of the Coyote)
Long Way to Texas
Ranger’s Law
Ranger’s Trail
Sandhills Boy: The Winding Trail of a Texas Writer
Shadow of a Star
Texas Showdown
The Day the Cowboys Quit
The Good Old Boys

Sons of Texas
The Raiders: Sons of Texas
The Rebels: Sons of Texas

ELMER KELTON

THE
REBELS
SONS OF TEXAS




A TOM DOHERTY ASSOCIATES BOOK
NEW YORK

NOTE: If you purchased this book without a cover, you should be aware that this book is stolen property. It was reported as “unsold and destroyed” to the publisher, and neither the author nor the publisher has received any payment for this “stripped book.”

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

THE REBELS: SONS OF TEXAS

Copyright © 1990 by Tom Early

Originally published in 1990 by Berkley Publishing Group as Sons of Texas: The Rebels by Tom Early, a pseudonym of Elmer Kelton.

All rights reserved.

A Forge Book

Published by Tom Doherty Associates, LLC

175 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10010

www.tor-forge.com

Forge® is a registered trademark of Tom Doherty Associates, LLC.

ISBN-13: 978-0-7653-4899-9
ISBN-10: 0-7653-4899-3

First Edition: November 2007

First Mass Market Edition: November 2008

Printed in the United States of America

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PART I