Memoirs of a Texan: Empire

- cattle drives with the legendary Charlie Goodnight,

- the Rough Riders at the San Juan Hills,

- horror of the 1900 Galveston Hurricane,

- Spindletop and development of the Texas oil industry,

- struggle for Negro equality,

- development of Rio Grande Valley pink grapefruit sales,

- adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille,

- the hunt for Pancho Villa and his banditos in the Punitive Expediiion,

- Marine Corps Devil Dogs in bloody battles of World War I,

- formation of an early aviation service company,

- foot tapping Rag music at the Cafe Americaine in Paris, and

- political battle for the soul of Texas

through the lives of former Confederate officer and entrepreneur, Jim Cobb, and his extended family and friends.