Brush Country 1: Barbed Wire
Author: Elmer Kelton 
Plot Summary:

Irishman Doug Monahan runs a fencing crew outside the south Texas town of Twin Wells, digging post-holes and stringing red painted barbed wire for ranchers
as protection against wandering stock, rustlers, and land hungry thugs. 

Monahan's fencing operation is opposed by Captain Andrew Rinehart, a former Confederate officer and an old-school open range baron of the huge R Cross
spread. 

With his brutal foreman, Archer Spann, assigned to the violent work, Rinehart wages a barbed wire war against Doug Monahan. And neither side takes prisoners!

Approximate Run Time: 5 hours
Release Date: October 2011
ISBN: 978-1-59950-802-3