Third book of the Memoirs of a Texan historic fiction trilogy. Experience - cattle drives with the legendary Charlie Goodnight, - the Rough Riders at the San Juan Hills, - horror of the 1900 Galveston Hurricane, - Spindletop and development of the Texas oil industry, - struggle for Negro equality, - development of Rio Grande Valley pink grapefruit sales, - adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, - the hunt for Pancho Villa and his banditos in the Punitive Expediiion, - Marine Corps Devil Dogs in bloody battles of World War I, - formation of an early aviation service company, - foot tapping Rag music at the Cafe Americaine in Paris, and - political battle for the soul of Texas through the lives of former Confederate officer and entrepreneur, Jim Cobb, and his extended family and friends.