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Tag Archives: Mexico
The Lost Outlaw
The Lost Outlaw © 2019 Paul Fraser Collard361 pages For the better part of a year, Jack Lark has been drifting across the war-worn South, working small jobs as he needs and generally avoiding society. For most of his adult … Continue reading
Posted in historical fiction, Reviews
Tagged American Civil War, American West, historical fiction, Mexico, Paul Fraser Collard
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Double play: Mobile & Latin America
This past week has seen a little progress on the ol’ TBR front, as I knocked out three books from the list, including The Network and those below. First up was E.O. Wilson’s Why We Are Here: Mobile and the … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews, World Affairs
Tagged Alabama, history, Latino, Mexico, Peoples of the Americas series, South America
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How to Run a Drug Cartel
Narconomics: How to Run a Drug Cartel © 2016 Tom Wainright 288 pages I only know of one rule for the drug business, and that via Scarface: never get high on your own supply. And as Manny could tell you, … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged business, Central America, crime, drug war on America, gangs tribes and parties, goods/services, Mexico
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The Beast
The Beast: Riding the Rails and Dodging Narcos on the Migrant Trail © 2014 224 pages This is the third of three reviews I needed to publish before the English material can roll. And now, Rule Britannia! The news cycle … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged Central America, journalism, Mexico, Peoples of the Americas series
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American Dirt
American Dirt © 2020 Jeanine Cummins 387 pages It was the garden party from hell. One moment, Lydia Pérez was enjoying her niece’s quinceañera; the next, she and her son Luca were huddling in the shower, listening as their family … Continue reading
Flying high in rockets and opiods
Well, folks, Christmas is over, and so is 2018 — almost. Below are the final comments or reviews for 2018: Dreamland and Rocket Girls, two very different histories. One is inspiring, the other….so very not. First up, Rocket Girls! Call to … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged crime, drug war on America, drugs-alcohol-pharmaceuticals, history, human space flight, Mexico, women
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Fire and Blood
Fire and Blood: A History of Mexico © 1973 T.R. Fehrenbach 675 pages Fire and Blood is an epic history of Mexico, one that begins at the dawn of time and takes its time moving on. Case in point: the 20th … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged 2018 Peoples of the Americas, Central America, Hispanic, history, Mexico, Peoples of the Americas series, Spain
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House of Rain
House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest © 2007 Craig Childs 482 pages Throughout the southwest United States and northern Mexico there are ruins from a people long gone, people remembered as the Anasazi. The name … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged 2018 Peoples of the Americas, American Southwest, archaeology, history, Mexico, New Mexico, Peoples of the Americas series, travel
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The Irish Soldiers of Mexico
The Irish Soldiers of Mexico© 1997 Michael Hogan298 pages And it was there in the pueblos and the hillsidesThat I saw the mistake I had madePart of a conquering army, with the morals of a bayonet brigadeAnd amidst all these … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged America, Catholicism, history, Ireland, Mexico, military
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