{"product_id":"raid-across-rio-bravo-mark-travis-9781478126751","title":"Raid Across the Rio Bravo by Mark Travis","description":"\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eAs the sun rises on Christmas Day, 1916, forty-year-old Texas Ranger Captain, Jesse Taylor, and his nephew, 8th Cavalry Lt. Samuel Taylor, enjoy a smoke and a cup of hot, strong coffee on the south porch of the two-story Rocking T ranch house.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe quiet house is filled with family, guests from Terlingua, and a cook busily preparing a holiday meal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe distant sound of running horses interrupts the Taylors. Soon a band of thirty-six mounted riders appears between outbuildings and races toward them. Red-shirted Jesus Colorado, a deserter from Pancho Villa's army, brandishes a shining saber and leads the shooting and shouting intruders.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJesse tells Samuel to make pistol smoke while he runs into the house shouting an alarm. He returns to the porch with his Winchester rifle and helps Samuel disrupt the attack.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen they leave an hour later, the raiders have killed eight people, including women, children, and cowboys.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey steal two hundred Rocking T Ranch horses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Taylors bury their dead and the raiders they killed. The next day Jesse leads Samuel and a cowboy posse across the Rio Grande in pursuit of the Rocking T horses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eThey plan to recapture the herd and snuff out some bandido lamps.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50819213492539,"sku":"1478126752","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/9781478126751.jpg?v=1776369605","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/raid-across-rio-bravo-mark-travis-9781478126751","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}