Eyes of the Hawk - Tales of Texas Author:Elmer Kelton, Lee McElroy Thomas Canfield's people were among the earliest settlers, carving their ranch out of the wild country around Stonehill, Texas. He was a proud man with the fierce-eyed stare that led the Mexicans to call him gavilan - "the hawk." Branch Isom was a brash, violent newcomer who fought ruthlessly to build a fortune at Canfield's expense. They were t... more »wo hard men hurtling toward a blood-stained clash for power with a day of reckoning that would shake a Texas town to its very roots.« less