Tree Hooker will take on anything man, animal, or force of nature that stands in the way of his cattle drives during the Civil War. He s a Confederate soldier trying to save his country from starvation. Assigned to lead a group of tough, sun-baked cow hunters, he sets out to supply the South with beef from the herds on Florida s plains. Plenty of others also want those herds. There are the Yankees, led by men like Major Dan Greenley. He s tired of the war and knows that it will end quickly once the Confederacy runs out of food. Greenley is new to Florida and still believes in fighting by the...

Chance Ramsay, a riverboat gambler, has run into one too many sore losers; he s just killed a man in self-defense after winning the man s Arabian mare in a poker game in Georgia, and the man s brother vows revenge. Ramsay flees south into Florida, encountering young Josh Carpenter and his family, who are traveling into the Florida wilderness via wagon and riverboat to start a new life. Meanwhile, outlaws are gathering around the St. Johns River near the town of Volusia with plans to take the lands and livestock they want by force. Will the Carpenters and their companions prevail over those...

Tom Bridger, the handsome, cocky son of a wealthy New York businessman, has come down in 1885 to find his long-lost uncle and a hidden treasure. When he arrives in Jacksonville, he finds a rough-and-ready port town where he quickly learns a man is only as good as his fists. Though he s a city slicker who loves a game of chess and looks like an easy mark for the desperate men lurking in the shadows, Tom s also a trained boxer, lightning quick with his hands and afraid of no one. He heads west across Florida s wild frontier on the trail of the treasure, first on a riverboat to Palatka, then on...