By the winner of the Spur Award of Western Writers of America It's
1917, and the Mexican Revolution has the Big Bend of Texas aflame.
But the firestorm is no greater than the one inside newspaper
reporter Jack Landon. Disillusioned, he flees down the road to
nowhere and finds himself in Esperanza. Populated by people of
Mexican heritage, the small village on the Texas bank of the Rio
Grande is a target of Texas Rangers Company B, which unjustly
considers it a bandit den. Jack befriends a teenaged boy and his
adult sister, Mary, who teaches in the Esperanza school. As Jack
assimilates to life in Esperanza, the threat of Rangers looms
large. Eventually a day of reckoning descends, and it envelops Jack
and Mary and the entire village. This novel is based on what
actually happened at Porvenir, Texas, on January 28, 1918 -- the
darkest moment in Texas Rangers history.
General
Imprint: |
Cengage Gale
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
February 2023 |
Authors: |
Patrick Dearen
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Library binding / Cloth over boards
|
Pages: |
337 |
Edition: |
Large type / large print edition |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4328-8855-8 |
Categories: |
Books
Promotions
|
LSN: |
1-4328-8855-2 |
Barcode: |
9781432888558 |
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