Eyes of Eagles (The Eagles)

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Strong brave and wise beyond his years Jamie MacAllister either impresses or angers all he meets. Kidnapped at age seven by Ohio Shawnees Jamies will and strength soon gain him both the favour of Chief Tall Bull who adopts him and the enmity of Tall Bulls other son Little Wolf the first of many who wish to bring Jamie down a notch. Escaping to a nearby Kentucky settlement he makes still more enemies. After Jamie kills John Jacksons son in self defence he must flee west with his beloved Kate Olmstead - ironically the daughter of another enemy - where they marry and are besieged by Shawnees the Jacksons and bounty hunters - most of whom eventually die by Jamies hand. The two then settle in East Texas where Jamie is pressed into service to fight in the coming war with Mexico. Jamie serves with distinction and manages to escape the massacre at the Alamo. Alas at wars end he and his bride must still elude those thirsting for their blood. Johnstone ("Fury in the Ashes") on rare occasion moulds history to fit his tale. However neither these liberties nor the one-dimensional characters dampen this rousing two-fisted saga of the growing American frontier.