This James Lee Burke classic features Son Holland, the great-grandfather of beloved hero Billy Bob Holland, as he flees a Louisiana prison camp with a Native American woman and a fellow prisoner in tow.
He lives in Missoula, Montana..
He\'s authored thirty-nine novels and two short story collections.
About author(s): James Lee Burke is a New York Times bestselling author, two-time winner of the Edgar Award, and the recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts in Fiction.
Terrified for his life, on the run through the bayou with fellow escapee Hugh Allison and a beautiful Indian squaw, Son flees across the river to Texas, where the only chance the travelers have for survival awaits in a violent storm of revolution led by General Houston and James Bowie.
Son Holland escaped a Louisiana chain gang--but never intended to kill a prison guard during the breakaway.
James Lee Burke steps back three generations to reveal the lightning-paced tale of western lawman Billy Bob Holland\'s great-grandfather, a fugitive swept up in the proud fight for Texan independence.
This James Lee Burke classic features Son Holland, the great-grandfather of beloved hero Billy Bob Holland, as he flees a Louisiana prison camp with a Native American woman and a fellow prisoner in tow
