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The year is 1916. The enemy, Pancho Villa, is elusive. Terrain is unforgiving. Through the mountains and across the long dry stretches of Mexico, Napoleon Childs, an aging cavalryman, leads an expedition of inexperienced horse soldiers on seemingly fruitless searches. Though he is seasoned at such missions, things go terribly wrong, and his patrol is suddenly at the mercy of an enemy intent on their destruction. After witnessing the demise of his troops, Napoleon is left by his captors to die in the desert.Through him we enter the conflicted mind of a warrior as he tries to survive against…
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5 editions- Paperback · English · 2010Algonquin Paperbooks · 9781565129801
- Other · English · 2010Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill · 9781616200091
- Other · English · 2009Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill · 207 pages · 9781565125926
- Other · English · 2009Thorndike Press · 9781410416049
- Other · English · 2009Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill · 207 pages · 9781565129405
FictionHistoryRevolutionariesSoldiersUnited StatesUnited States. ArmyCavalryHistorical fiction




