Somewhere in Texas – In Buck Grayson: South Texas Freighter, Cherokee Parks has provided us with yet another enchanting and adventurous tale of the Old West. Borrowing from history and with strict geographical detail, he utilizes both historical figures and believable fictional characters that interact as seamlessly as if they were all real. After reading this story, you’ll find yourself wondering just how much was fiction, and how much was taken from the oral history of the area. Texas born and bred Buck Grayson was going about the business of hauling freight and supplies from San Antonio to the small communities dotting the South Texas landscape – until he pulled his team and wagon into Los Olmos one morning in the 1880’s. From that moment on his life would never be the same. Nothing in his past, not even the Civil War, had prepared him for the changes about to come his way. Follow Buck as he depends on his war experience to stay alive as he, his friends and the kineños ride against Mexican banditos. Will he survive to keep his new found future, or will death take him before he can begin to truly enjoy his new life?