The devil's backbone
Adventure stories, Westerns, Fantasy, General fiction, Historical fiction, United States history
Human-narrated audio
Summary
The last the boy Papa saw of his Momma, she was galloping away on her horse Precious in the saddle her father took from a dead Mexican officer after the Battle of San Jacinto, fleeing from his Daddy, Old Karl,… a vicious, tight-fisted horse trader. Momma's flight sets Papa on a relentless quest that thrusts him and his scrappy little dog Fritz into adventures all across the wild and woolly Hill Country of Central Texas, down to Mexico, and even into the realm of the ghostly "Shimmery People". Adult. Some violence. Strong language