Interesting story of the settlement of Arizona

This was one of my book club books and sometimes I read them and sometimes I don't. I read this one, and I've ordered the sequel and I'm halfway through that and I understand that there is another one still. This was a rich story. It is told with emotion and character and excellent descriptions of the territory and the issues of the historic time. I live in Texas, so I am familiar with some of the territory addressed in this novel and the descriptions are comfortably accurate. I am unfamiliar with the people that moved from Texas to Arizona so this was a vibrant telling of their adventure. As a student of genealogy and history, this gives me such a colorful concept of the issues of the early settlers in this territory. I am the grandchild and great-grandchild of farmers and ranchers. Country people had particular issues and needed tremendous strengths. The fact that I exist is because of hearty people such as the ones described in this story.

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