Far Bright Star
Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2009.
Format: Large Print
Description: 279 pages ; 23 cm.
Set in 1916, Far Bright Star follows Napoleon Childs, an aging cavalryman, as he leads an expedition of inexperienced soldiers into the mountains of Mexico to hunt down Pancho Villa and bring him to justice. Though he is seasoned at such missions, things go terribly wrong and the patrol is brutally attacked. Napoleon is left to die in the desert, and through him, we enter the mind of a warrior as he tries to survive against all odds.
Series: Thorndike Press large print historical fiction.
Subjects:
Villa, Pancho, 1878-1923 -- Fiction.
United States. Army -- History -- Punitive Expedition into Mexico, 1916 -- Fiction.
Soldiers -- United States -- Fiction.
Revolutionaries -- Mexico -- Fiction.
Large type books.
Mexican-American Border Region -- Fiction.
Villa, Pancho, 1878-1923 -- Fiction.
United States. Army -- History -- Punitive Expedition into Mexico, 1916 -- Fiction.
Soldiers -- United States -- Fiction.
Revolutionaries -- Mexico -- Fiction.
Large type books.
Mexican-American Border Region -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781410416049 (lg. print : alk. paper)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
LPF Olmstead | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Adult | In |
LPF Olmstead | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Adult | In |
LPF Olmstead | Edgewood | Large Print Fiction | In |