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The Adelita

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The savage, violent saga of the Mexican Revolution and its long, bitter aftermath are the major background of this superb tale of high adventure and romance, spanning the years from 1913 to the present [1975].

Robert MacBean, son of a wealthy American tycoon and a proud Mexican heiress, had been prospecting in Mexico until the outbreak of revolutionary violence caught up with him and forced him to join his late mother's rebellious vaqueros fighting against the Federal troops. And with them was the beautiful soldadera called Adelita, a young woman of fiery passion and deep revolutionary fervor, who became MacBean's woman.

Thenceforth it was Adelita, Mexico, the Revolution, and MacBean -- though countless bloody engagements, wild triumphs and tragic defeats, swift-changing loyalties and constant dangers. More than once, MacBean left Mexico -- for other wars, to seek a fortune in the oil fields, to make a new life in glittering Southern California high society. But always the power of Adelita called him back -- Adelita and the revolution she both served and symbolized.

An especially "personal" novel, this story of Robert MacBean includes his own "photo album," graphic bitter memories of the Adelita and the bloody days of Mexico.

Language: English

Pages: 406

Format: Hardcover

Release: January 01, 1975

ISBN 13: 9780385097314

The Adelita

0/5 ( ratings)

The savage, violent saga of the Mexican Revolution and its long, bitter aftermath are the major background of this superb tale of high adventure and romance, spanning the years from 1913 to the present [1975].

Robert MacBean, son of a wealthy American tycoon and a proud Mexican heiress, had been prospecting in Mexico until the outbreak of revolutionary violence caught up with him and forced him to join his late mother's rebellious vaqueros fighting against the Federal troops. And with them was the beautiful soldadera called Adelita, a young woman of fiery passion and deep revolutionary fervor, who became MacBean's woman.

Thenceforth it was Adelita, Mexico, the Revolution, and MacBean -- though countless bloody engagements, wild triumphs and tragic defeats, swift-changing loyalties and constant dangers. More than once, MacBean left Mexico -- for other wars, to seek a fortune in the oil fields, to make a new life in glittering Southern California high society. But always the power of Adelita called him back -- Adelita and the revolution she both served and symbolized.

An especially "personal" novel, this story of Robert MacBean includes his own "photo album," graphic bitter memories of the Adelita and the bloody days of Mexico.

Language: English

Pages: 406

Format: Hardcover

Release: January 01, 1975

ISBN 13: 9780385097314

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