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The Texicans: A Novel
by Nina Vida

Published: 2007-10
Paperback : 296 pages
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"A completely engaging tale following a handful of remarkable settlers."-Entertainment Weekly

"Lively. . . . Vivid characters. . . . Enthralling reading."-The Miami Herald

"Compelling. . . . That Vida brings so much fresh energy to the timeworn Western genre-complex characters, ...

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"A completely engaging tale following a handful of remarkable settlers."-Entertainment Weekly

"Lively. . . . Vivid characters. . . . Enthralling reading."-The Miami Herald

"Compelling. . . . That Vida brings so much fresh energy to the timeworn Western genre-complex characters, engaging stories, cutting-edge historical revisionism-is no small feat."-Austin American-Statesman

"An imaginative and thoroughly researched tale driven by intriguing characters."-Denver Post

"Should be placed on the same shelf with Lonesome Dove, Texas, and Pale Horse, Pale Rider."-The Monitor (Texas)

When cholera strikes San Antonio in 1843, Aurelia Ruiz discovers that she might have the power to heal-and also to curse. Meanwhile, Joseph Kimmel, a schoolteacher in Missouri and the son of a Polish Jew, learns of his brother's death in San Antonio and sets off for Texas. On his way, a runaway slave steals his horse. After being rescued by Henry Castro, a man who is importing immigrants to populate his planned city, Castroville, Joseph agrees to marry a young Alsatian girl to save her from a Comanche chief who has demanded her. Then Joseph encounters Aurelia and becomes enamored with her.

Comanches, Tonkaways, Mexican vaqueros, immigrant farmers, and runaway slaves all play a part in Joseph's rebirth as a rancher, but when a renegade band of Texas Rangers descends upon the ranch, everything changes.

Nina Vida is the author of six previous novels: Scam, Return from Darkness, Maximillian's Garden, Goodbye Saigon, Between Sisters, and The End of Marriage. She lives with her husband in Huntington Beach, California.

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  "Tale of a man, who helped to develop Texas and the events that shaped his story"by Phyllis S. (see profile) 05/04/08

Seeing the settlers who shaped Texas from a new point of view, gave me an appreciation of what they survived. Not your typical Western, the characters involve you in the tremendous day to day struggle... (read more)

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