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Matagorda

by Louis L’Amour

First published 1967

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Set in post-Civil War Texas and the Gulf frontier, Civil War veteran Tap Duvarney arrives in Texas to take part in a ranching venture and is drawn into a feud in which local alliances, frontier violence and older grudges threaten the enterprise.

Against the historical background of Emancipation and Reconstruction and Texas–Comanche Conflict, L’Amour builds the story around land, work, violence, loyalty and the uncertainty of frontier life. His characters survive by reading landscape and people carefully, and the action is grounded in the practical realities of travel, work, weapons, distance and local authority.

Historical Periods

Emancipation and Reconstruction1863–1877 CE Texas–Comanche Conflict1821–1875 CE

Genres

Western & Frontier Fiction

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