Longing for Mexico opens with what happened the night ex-Texas Ranger Otis "Mac" McFadden crept out of Amarillo rather than facing up to his friends and his responsibilities. When the captain won't allow Mac's friend, Wes Crowley, also a veteran Texas Ranger, to go after Mac immediately, Wes continues to battle Comanches, falls in love, and loses pretty much everything. He finally decides to leave the Rangers to track down his lifelong friend turned...