An epic tale of family set in a state big enough to bear the weight of legend, the son follows three generations of the powerful mccullough family of texas. Based on philipp meyers pulitzer prizewinning novel. In 1849, young eli mccullough and his brother, martin, are taken captive by comanches. The story of a texan family over the course of six generations chronicles americas rise to power. That is because in the son, meyer sheds the horizontal story telling of american rust for a widely entertaining vertical tale of the mccullough family as told through three main characters eli, his son phillip and phillip s granddaughter jeanne anne. The voice of his irascible son, eli, known as the colonel, is. The mccullough family name was found in the usa, the uk, canada, and scotland between 1840 and 1920. The son is an epic tale told through several generations of the mccullough family, beginning with eli mccullough, the first male child born in. At the age of 24, dennis decided to open his own company. Its been a twoyear wait for the second and final season of the son, a texas family saga starring pierce brosnan as patriarch and. The son tells the story of eli mcculloughs life from two different time periods. The family continues nevertheless with charles daughter jeannie, who inherits the mccullough fortune, pugnacity and melancholy.
The mccullough family tree can get a bit complicated, so heres a refresher before the final season begins this saturday. Blaming eli for his familys deaths, martin becomes defiant with his captors and is killed in front of eli. Search 3,591 then share your genealogy and compare dna to grow an accurate global family tree thats free forever. The series is set in southern texas, tracing its ascent from wild frontier to oilrich hotbed through the eyes of eli mccullough pierce brosnan, a wealthy but ruthless cattle rancher with a dark. The character may be fictional, but at the very least, eli represents a real part of american history. This website was created on feb 15 2008 and last updated on jan 31 2020. Colonel eli mccullough, the rough and tumble patriarch of the family, whose past includes being a comanche captive and assimilated tribal member, texas ranger, civil war confederate, and texas land baron. But the son structures its references to texan history around the fictional mccullough clan. In 1915, eli and his son pete prepare for elis birthday party. In 1840 there were 82 mccullough families living in pennsylvania. At the age of 14, dennis mccullough started working in the family tree business. This was about 26% of all the recorded mcculloughs in the usa. Here are five takeaways from the twohour premiere of episodes 101 and 102, first son of texas and the plum tree. Unlike eli, pete believes in the social contract that people have the choice and capacity.
Pierce brosnans the son finds inspiration in real history. The sweeping family saga the son follows eli mccullough pierce brosnan as he builds a texas oil dynasty. In 1849, eli is captured by the comanche and has to survive as a captive. Pierce brosnan promises a satisfying end to the son. The most mccullough families were found in the usa in 1920. Jacob lofland plays a younger version of the character. He runs the mccullough ranch in south texas, where he and his wife, sally, raise their three children. The son, a novel by philipp meyer the new york times.
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