Guns and Ghosts: A poetic tale of Texans on the Brazos

By David L. Devaney

Discover the Texas Republic from its infancy in a collection of idyllic narrative poetry which will carry you in 1821 on the schooner Lively, to the mouth of the Brazos River. Then course onto the battle of Fort Velasco in 1832 and learn about the true history of the signing of the Texas Secret Treaty with Mexico's Santa Anna in 1836. Meet and greet its Patriots, its Privateers and its Ghosts as you walk along the sugar sand beaches of the now Gulf coast village Surfside Beach. The place known as Old Velasco where the Republic's "First Blood" was shed in the battle for Texas Independence.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1514298651
• ISBN13: 9781514298657
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 26 Pages
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.0" x 10.0"