Gustave Aimard 
White Scalper [PDF ebook] 
A Story of the Texan War

Set against the backdrop of the Mexican-American War, Gustave Aimard’s thrilling adventure tale The White Scalper is yet another of the author’s novels whose central protagonist is something of a cultural misfit, an outsider who has spurned social niceties in favor of what he views as a higher moral calling. Packed with action that transpires on the battlefield and off, this novel will please fans of classic Western yarns.