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Last train from Cuernavaca, by Lucia St. Clair Robson

Label
Last train from Cuernavaca, by Lucia St. Clair Robson
Language
eng
Main title
Last train from Cuernavaca
Responsibility statement
by Lucia St. Clair Robson
Summary
1913. Outside the Mexican city of Cuernavaca, a company of federal soldiers raids the hacienda of Don Miguel Sanchez, hunting for men sympathetic to the cause of the charismatic rebel leader, Emiliano Zapata. In a hailstorm of rifle fire, sixteen-year-old Angela Sanchez's life takes a horrifying turn. After the soldiers leave, she returns to the ruins of her family's home, collects her father's old Winchester carbine, gathers the survivors among his workers, and rides off in search of Zapata's Liberating Army of the South. 2011 Spur award for Best Western Long Novel. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language, descriptions of violence. 2010
Target audience
specialized

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