Bowie A Novel Author:Randy Lee Eickhoff, Leonard C. Lewis Jim Bowie, the descendant of Highland Scots, grew up riding alligators and working the field on the Texas frontier. Taught three languages and a sense of honor, he went on to live a life filled with brawls and battles, loves and loses. This is his story, as told by those who, whether they loved or hated him, were united by their awe of this amaz... more »ing frontiersman.« less
"Bowie is one of the best fictional biographies I've ever read, a maginificent achievement of fact supporting fiction to re-create a story in words that cannot fail to bring tears to the eyes and a lump to the throat." Amarillo Globe Newws