After burying their parents, the three young Isom brothers faced starvation. Desperate and penniless, they set out in search of work. Their long, difficult journey forces them to discover themselves, and the harsh reality of life in the late 1800's. With hard work, determination, and a dream, they emerge as one of the greatest success stories of the old west.

Buck Cordell is a giant of a man in a giant, untamed land called Texas. He builds a cattle ranch where ordinary men all say it can't be done, a cattle empire that defies the odds, a family that changes the course of Texas history, and a legacy that outlives the Old West.

Officially, the American Civil War ended with the surrender of General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox on April 9, 1865. However, many "sympathizers" on both sides of the issue continued to wage their own "private wars." This is the story of the "Hawk" family who were caught up in the bitterness and aftermath of the war. Jubal Hawk served four years as a captain in the Confederate cavalry. He returned home to find his home burned to the ground, his father...

He was fourteen. The Comanche slaughtered his parents and burned his house to the ground. His only brother never returned from the Civil War. Now the kid from Hondo, Texas had nothing or no one.

He had a reason for living: to kill When he was just a boy, the five saddle tramps had murdered his parents in front of him, and nearly beaten him to death. They took his eye, his childhood and his parents, and now Wolf would show them vengeance.

His exploits were legendary and whispered around Comanche campfires. He led a roving band of renegade Comanche that looted, plundered, raped, and slaughtered settlers all over west Texas at will – until he visited Shawgo's valley.

Johnny Shooter was sentenced to hang at noon. But Judge Isaac Parker, widely known as the "Hanging Judge", made Johnny an offer he couldn't refuse. The judge made him a Deputy United State Marshal.