''Texas Fever'' is a

western novel Western fiction is a genre of literature set in the American Old West frontier and typically set from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth century. Well-known writers of Western fiction include Zane Grey from the early 20th century and ...

by American writer

Donald Hamilton Donald Bengtsson Hamilton (March 24, 1916 – November 20, 2006) was an American writer of novels, short stories, and non-fiction about the outdoors. His novels consist mostly of paperback originals, principally spy fiction, but also crime ...

Plot summary

Three years after the

Civil War A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...

, the McAuliffe family drives a herd of cattle north from Texas to Kansas and into another kind of war.

Publication history

* 1960, US, Fawcett Publications,

Gold Medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...

#1035, paperback, reissued several times * 1981, US, Walker, hardcover

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by Bruce Grossman
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1960 American novels Western (genre) novels Novels by Donald Hamilton Novels set in Texas Novels set in Kansas Fiction set in 1868 Gold Medal Books books {{1960s-western-novel-stub