The Alamo Trail — Kent Conwell

Acting as a decoy for a man carrying a message to Sam Houston, Bob Walker finds himself smack in the middle of the marauding Mexican army. On the trail, Walker meets Kate Rush, a free black man called Uncle Ned, and four little girls who are stranded with a busted wagon. Later, they are befriended by wild-man, Joe Two-Fingers and a Cherokee, Rides- With-the-Rain.

Traveling together, they are hotly pursued by the Sandinistas and the Comanche through frigid rain and snake-infested swamps. Can this hardy band survive the dangerous territory?