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El Paso: A Novel
Winston Groom
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Description for El Paso: A Novel
Hardback. Three decades after the publication of Forrest Gump, Winston Groom returns to fiction with a sweeping epic. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FJW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 243 x 43. Weight in Grams: 712.
Long fascinated with the Mexican Revolution and the vicious border wars of the early twentieth century, Winston Groom brings to life this period of history in a saga of heroism, injustice and love. El Paso pits the legendary outlaw and revolutionary Pancho Villa, against a thrill-seeking railway tycoon known as the Colonel whose fading fortune is tied up in a colossal ranch in Chihuahua. When Villa kidnaps the Colonel's grandchildren in the midst of a cattle drive and absconds into the Sierra Madre, the patriarch and his adopted son head to El Paso, looking for a group of cowboys brave ... Read more
Long fascinated with the Mexican Revolution and the vicious border wars of the early twentieth century, Winston Groom brings to life this period of history in a saga of heroism, injustice and love. El Paso pits the legendary outlaw and revolutionary Pancho Villa, against a thrill-seeking railway tycoon known as the Colonel whose fading fortune is tied up in a colossal ranch in Chihuahua. When Villa kidnaps the Colonel's grandchildren in the midst of a cattle drive and absconds into the Sierra Madre, the patriarch and his adopted son head to El Paso, looking for a group of cowboys brave ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
712g
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781631492242
SKU
V9781631492242
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Ref
99-1
About Winston Groom
Winston Groom is the author of twenty previous books, including Forrest Gump, Conversations with the Enemy (Pulitzer Prize finalist), Shiloh 1862, and The Generals. He served in Vietnam with the Fourth Infantry Division and lives in Point Clear, Alabama.
Reviews for El Paso: A Novel
Groom's epic narrative is a hefty yet entertaining page-turner, at times funny, heartbreaking, emotional, and brutal. An involving, intricate story vividly told.
Donna Bettencourt - Library Journal (Starred Review) [Groom] combines military savvy with storytelling skill for a satisfying saga pitting an American railroad tycoon against Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa...An engaging epic that could be headed for ... Read more
Donna Bettencourt - Library Journal (Starred Review) [Groom] combines military savvy with storytelling skill for a satisfying saga pitting an American railroad tycoon against Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa...An engaging epic that could be headed for ... Read more