THE SON by Phillip Meyer
I just finished this book, but it is one of those books that I would love to talk about with anyone else who has read it. The storyline stretches over 4 generations, but doesn't start at the beginning and end at the end. It skips back and forth between the four generations from the capture of 13yr old Eli McCullough by the Commanches to the oil empire of Eli's great granddaughter Jeanne Anne. I just couldn't put it down. When I turned the last page, I didn't put the book down. Instead I went back and re-read chapter 1. I highly recommend that everyone who reads this book do the same.
The only other book that I thought matched this book as an epic fictional depiction of theTexas West was Lonesome Dove. The heros weren't really heros at all including the famed Texas Rangers. I loved this book. It probably isn't for everyone, but I give it 5 stars.
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