When Texas Ranger Ygnacio (“Nacho”) Ybarra slips across the
border into Mexico, he is surprised by bandits and taken to confront an old
acquaintance, Pancho Villa. The revolutionary leader charges Nacho to assist in
corralling a rogue outlaw, Chulo Valdez. But that bandit lures Nacho into an
attack on his own Ranger Company.
Guns of the Texas
Ranger, volume one in the Border Trilogy, is a tale of Rangers Whitey Wilson and Red Regan and the girl they
both love. And their search justice during the border wars, when only a small
Ranger Company stands in the way of bandit raids. And how Ranger Nacho Ybarra
prevented a war.
From the author:
My novel started out as a mystery but it got carried
away into action. Indeed there is a mystery - who shot the lieutenant
that Nacho's son-in-law is accused of shooting? Nacho must find the real
killer to save his son-in-law from the firing squad. But that all takes a back
seat to Nacho's run-in with Pancho Villa and the bandit Chulo Valdez and plans
to invade Texas.
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Dac Crossley
I
grew up on a lonely road outside the lonely little town of Kingsville, Texas. I
roamed the brush country and enjoyed the seasonal changes in scrub and animals,
horned toads and red ants. Learned to hunt and fish with friends from the King
Ranch, where I enjoyed Hispanic culture. I’m steeped in Texas history and
traditions from my old pioneer family.
My
genre is historic fiction set in South Texas, where the old west persisted into
the 1920’s with undeclared border wars and Mexican bandits. My grandfather fought bandits, his father
fought Indians. I grew up with sons of
Texas Rangers and spent hours listening to their fathers. I am well versed in South Texas history and
culture. I enjoy bringing that history
and background to life in my fiction. My
settings are real and my characters drawn from experience.
I write about tales from my childhood,
of Texas Rangers and Mexican bandits, fast horses and quick pistols, sheriffs
and posses, lost trails and trains, and señoritas and Buffalo Gals. Of that
arid land between the Nueces and the Rio Grande, where trees and women have
thorns, and water is good to find.
And the winner is Nancy LiParti! Congratulations, Nancy! Dac will be getting in touch with you for your mailing address.
