Description:
In these pages the lives of the Callahan and Day families become a canvas on which the history of Texas--from revolution, frontier defense, and Indian wars to Anglo settlement and emerging legal and social systems--dramatically, inexorably unfolds.
Brief description:
Thomas O. McDonald is a retired pharmaceutical executive, an independent scholar of Texas history, and a seventh generation Texan. He is a direct descendant of James Hughes Callahan and Sarah Medissa Day.
Review Quotes: "Thomas O. McDonald's history of James Hughes Callahan and the Day family is the quintessential story of the Anglo-Texas frontier with all the requisite elements - heroes of the Texas Revolution, Mexicans, Indians, rascals, Rangers, cattle ranchers, land speculators, and politicians. It reinforces the notion that the history of one person or one family is Texas history."--Journal of Southern History