FOLLOW THE LIFE OF NEW YORK FARM BOY, DAN CASSIDY, WHO EMIGRATES TO TEXAS in 1859, BECOMES A TEXAS RANGER, AND WHILE IN PERFORMANCE OF DUTY, RESCUES A LOVELY YOUNG FREE BLACK FEMALE. THEY BEGIN A SECRET LIFE TOGETHER RAISING FOUR CHILDREN. DAN SERVES IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY'S WESTERN THEATER, THEN SEEKS POST WAR EMPLOYMENT ALONG THE OVERLAND TRAIL AS A STAGECOACH GUARD. HE THEN PARTNERS IN THE OPERATION OF A FIVE WAGON FREIGHT OUTFIT SUPPLYING BELEAGURED FORTS PHIL KEARNY AND C. F. SMITH, AND ULTIMATELY, DRIVING CATTLE NORTH IN THE FACE OF HOSTILE INDIANS AND WHITE BANDITS TO ESTABLISH A RANCH IN MONTANA. A RANCH THAT WILL SERVE AS A HOME FOR HIS MIXED-BLOOD CHILDREN.
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