The Desperados Author:Ben Thompson All Captain Jim McKittrick wanted when he got back to Texas after being mustered out of the Union Army was to work the old home ranch in peace. But the brutal land grabber who dominated the valley wouldn't let him be. That was the worst mistake he ever made in his life because the easygoing McKittrick had been one of the most ruthless raiders th... more »at ever burned a town. By the time he came tobeg for peace it was too late.« less