title: Dreams of Glory
author: Herring, Linda
description: Mary Anna and Daniel Thornton are intent on building a future for their children on the Texas frontier. Then the South goes to war and Daniel feels honor-bound to join, fighting for a man's right to run his home without government interference.
  
  Mary Anna single-handedly provides for her family, but one question echoes in her heart: What happened to Daniel? There are no letters and his name doesn't appear on the lists of those killed or missing.
  
  Have Daniel's dreams of glory supplanted the dreams of their youth? As Mary Anna gazes out at the horizon, a tear kisses her sunburned cheek.