Book Preview ALSO BY WINSTON GROOM NONFICTION Conversations with the Enemy (1982, with Duncan Spencer) Shrouds of Glory (1995) The Crimson Tide (2002) A Storm in Flanders (2002) 1942 (2004) Patriotic Fire (2006) Vicksburg, 1863 (2009) Kearny’s March (2011) Shiloh, 1862 (2012) The Aviators (2013) The Generals (2015) FICTION Better Times Than These (1978) As … Read more
Book Preview Que je vous dise : pas fastoche d’être idiot. Les gens se fendent la pipe, perdent patience, vous prennent pour un minable. On vous raconte qu’il faut être gentil avec les déshérités, alors je vous dis tout de suite, c’est pas toujours vrai. N’empêche, je me plains pas, vu que j’ai eu une vie … Read more
Book Preview Novels don’t usually need forewords but in this case it seems useful that the reader know the background of the events depicted herein. Beginning in the late nineteenth century the Mexican government—in eternal social and financial turmoil—started selling off vast tracts of land in its desolate northern provinces on the notion that wealthy … Read more