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Author:

Blake, James Carlos.

Title:

Country of the bad Wolfes : a novel / by James Carlos Blake.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Cinco Puntos Press,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

456 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Families--Fiction.
Twins--Fiction.
United States--Fiction.--19th century--Fiction.
Mexico--Fiction.--19th century--Fiction.

Summary:

"James Carlos Blake is a master at weaving historical fact into fiction. Two generations of Wolfe men--begat by an English pirate in New Hampshire in 1828--track their violent but manifest destiny through the Diaz Regime in Mexico in the early 1900s and back to Gulf Coast Texas. The novel centers on two sets of identical "hero twins," each with a violent history that mirror the author's belief on the primacy of violence in the evolution of civilization. Their lives are intertwined with important events through the history of the United States, beginning in the 1820s. Crucial are the histories of the infamous Saint Patrick's Battalion (revered in Mexico as "los San Patricios") who deserted the U.S. Army during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) and the rise and fall of Porfirio Diaz Regime (1876-1910), which marked the beginning of the Mexican Revolution"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1935955039 (pbk.)
9781935955030 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)709681093

LCCN:

2011022270

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

VUPB454 -- Elma Public Library (Elma)

RNPC397 -- Mary J. Barnett Memorial Library (Guthrie Center)

MGPD463 -- Humboldt Public Library (Humboldt)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

NEPC953 -- Lake Mills Public Library (Lake Mills)

WMPC185 -- Marcus Public Library (Marcus)

HBPB755 -- Merrill Public Library (Merrill)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

BGPE251 -- Perry Public Library (Perry)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)