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Ben Thompson the Printer Fighter Fled to Texas
In New Orleans a young Ben Thompson defends a woman’s honor on a crowded omnibus and kills a French actor in a duel like encounter. Fleeing danger, he hides among Sicilian quarters then escapes by disguise to Berwick's Bay and Houston before returning to Austin to be with his mother.
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