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Lädt ... The Wonderful Countryvon Tom Lea
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Excellent old time cowboy story. It is a must read for anyone who likes historical fiction. This novel recreates life in Mexico, New Mexico, and Texas as it was in the 1880's. Martin Brady is the main character and after wandering around working for various people, he meets some Texas Rangers and is asked to join. He thinks about and decides he will after his one last job. ( ) I read this book as a teenager and loved it because of the horse, Lágrimas, and the bond between him and Brady, his owner. I just finished reading it again as an adult, and found that I still loved it, and on a much deeper level. Tom Lea is a wonderful author; his descriptions of the land and the people are wonderful, and the book is further enhanced by his beautiful line drawings. I thought that he provided an accurate description of the era. My book may be worn, but itʻs a keeper. Zeige 3 von 3 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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Tom Lea's The Wonderful Country opens as mejicano pistolero Martín Bredi is returning to El Puerto [El Paso] after a fourteen-year absence. Bredi carries a gun for the Chihuahuan warlord Cipriano Castro and is on Castro's business in Texas. Fourteen years earlier--shortly after the end of the Civil War--when he was the boy Martin Brady, he killed the man who murdered his father and fled to Mexico where he became Martín Bredi. Back in Texas Brady breaks a leg; then he falls in love with a married woman while recuperating; and, finally, to right another wrong, he kills a man. When Brady/Bredi returns to Mexico, the Castros distrust him as an American. He becomes a man without a country. The Wonderful Country clearly depicts life along the Texas-Mexico border of a century-and-a-half ago, when Texas and Mexico were being settled and tamed. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Klassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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