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Book Review of The Black Jacks

The Black Jacks
The Black Jacks
Author: Jason Manning
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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"It was the Young Republic of Texas's worst nightmare come true. The scattered Comanche bands had united into a mighty fighting force under a single great warrior chief, and were sweeping in over the vast Texas plains, avenging a massacre at the hands of the whites with a campaign of carnage.

Sam Houston, who had led the triumphant war of independence from Mexico, enlisted the leadership of the one man who could turn back the Comanche tide of terror: John Henry McAllen, head of the ragtag volunteer troopers known as the Black Jacks. Now McAllen and his fighting men faced their ultimate test as they rode out to meet the greatest Comance threat of all, while at their backs the weapons of betrayal came out of hiding and took deadly aim..."