in the first american (and first english) translation, "nord contre sud" (north against south) was relegated to a subtitle and the book's title was made "texar's vengeance", quickly re-translated as "texar's revenge". this edition was published by george munro, new york (1887), a translation by laura e. kendall as part of the "seaside library". since then, however, there have been more minor variations on the title, some editions referring to the title as "the texar's revenge", others omitting the title completely in favor of the more simple "north against south". the most common and generally most accepted american version of the title is the full "texar's revenge, or, north against south". there have also been a handful of editions that have split the book into two volumes, those being "burbank the northerner" and "texar the southerner", both of which are contained in most editions of the book. various cheap editions were published in the u.s. for the next 20 years by w. l. allison, hurst, and others.