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John Houghton Allen

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Description:Along the Tex-Mex Railroad as it nears the end of its course from Corpus Christi to Laredo lies a hard, deserted country. Thirty years ago there were great ranches here, grandees and senoritas, and Chihuahua cattle herded by the finest Spanish ponies. It was a country like Spain, like a painting by Remington. This country John Houghton Allen knew as a boy. He writes with nostalgia of what it once was, and what it has come to be. Years ago it was a cruel, brutal land, and the heat of it, the violence of it, and the color of its raw life sank into John Allen’s soul. He writes of the sweat-soaked days roping cattle, of drunken nights in town, of senoritas and vaqueros, of the last days of a U.S. Cavalry post – forgotten and useless in this lost region – of the bull ring at Nuevo Laredo, of strong drink, blood and sudden death. He writes, too, of his great uncle Beverly, duelist and adventurer, a soldier of fortune in Trelawney tradition, who galloped on impossible attacks in the Civil War, and followed Maximilian in Mexico; of Fierro the Little Blood, Pancho Villa’s inhuman right hand, and his raids of terror across the border; of being held for ransom, with perfect old-world courtesy, in a house where pleasing ladies were to be had for a few pesos. Old legends and the sound of Spanish music run through the book. Old memories are mingled with a feeling of compassion for this desolate country. John Houghton Allen is the kind of original and startling discovery that comes rarely these days.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Southwest (A Zia book). To get started finding Southwest (A Zia book), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Along the Tex-Mex Railroad as it nears the end of its course from Corpus Christi to Laredo lies a hard, deserted country. Thirty years ago there were great ranches here, grandees and senoritas, and Chihuahua cattle herded by the finest Spanish ponies. It was a country like Spain, like a painting by Remington. This country John Houghton Allen knew as a boy. He writes with nostalgia of what it once was, and what it has come to be. Years ago it was a cruel, brutal land, and the heat of it, the violence of it, and the color of its raw life sank into John Allen’s soul. He writes of the sweat-soaked days roping cattle, of drunken nights in town, of senoritas and vaqueros, of the last days of a U.S. Cavalry post – forgotten and useless in this lost region – of the bull ring at Nuevo Laredo, of strong drink, blood and sudden death. He writes, too, of his great uncle Beverly, duelist and adventurer, a soldier of fortune in Trelawney tradition, who galloped on impossible attacks in the Civil War, and followed Maximilian in Mexico; of Fierro the Little Blood, Pancho Villa’s inhuman right hand, and his raids of terror across the border; of being held for ransom, with perfect old-world courtesy, in a house where pleasing ladies were to be had for a few pesos. Old legends and the sound of Spanish music run through the book. Old memories are mingled with a feeling of compassion for this desolate country. John Houghton Allen is the kind of original and startling discovery that comes rarely these days.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Southwest (A Zia book). To get started finding Southwest (A Zia book), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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