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The Diezmo: A Novel
de Bass, Rick
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Aceptable/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0395926173
- ISBN 13
- 9780395926178
- Librería
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2005. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Tiny bump to bottom corners, dust jacket in mylar.
Sinopsis
The Diezmo tells the incredible story of the Mier Expedition, one of the most absurd and tragic military adventures in the history of Texas -- a country and a state, as Rick Bass writes, that was "born in blood." In the early days of the Republic of Texas, two young men, wild for glory, impulsively volunteer for an expedition Sam Houston has ordered to patrol the Mexican border. But their dreams of triumph soon fade into prayers for survival, and all that is on their minds is getting home and having a cool drink of water. After being captured in a raid on the Mexican village of Mier, escaping, and being recaptured, the men of the expedition are punished with the terrible diezmo, in which one man in ten is randomly chosen to die. The survivors end up in the most dreaded prison in Mexico. There they become pawns in an international chess game to decide the fate of Texas, and with their hopes of release all but extinguished, they make one desperate, last-ditch effort to escape. A great crossover book with appeal for high school students. It will also interest readers of westerns and historical fiction.
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Detalles
- Librería
- The Book Shelf
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 009492
- Título
- The Diezmo: A Novel
- Autor
- Bass, Rick
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Aceptable
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0395926173
- ISBN 13
- 9780395926178
- Editorial
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Lugar de publicación
- Boston and New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2005
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