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Tom Lea's The Wonderful Country opens as mejicano pistolero Martin Bredi is returning to El Puerto [El Paso] after a fourteen-year absence. Bredi carries a gun for the Chihuahuan warlord Cipriano Castro and is on Castro's business in Texas. Fourteen years earlier -- shortly after... Read Full Overview

""The Wonderful Country"" by Tom Lea is a novel set in the mid-1800s in the American Southwest. It follows the story of Martin Brady, a man who was born in Texas but raised in Mexico. Brady is a skilled horseman and marksman, and he becomes a hired gun for the Mexican government... Read Full Overview

Tom Lea's The Wonderful Country opens as mejicano pistolero Mart n Bredi is returning to El Puerto El Paso] after a fourteen-year absence. Bredi carries a gun for the Chihuahuan warlord Cipriano Castro and is on Castro's business in Texas. Fourteen years earlier--shortly after... Read Full Overview

The Wonderful Country is a novel written by Tom Lea. The story follows the life of Martin Brady, a former gunfighter turned Texas Ranger who is sent on a mission to Mexico to track down a dangerous fugitive. Along the way, he encounters a variety of characters, including a beautiful... Read Full Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

""The Wonderful Country"" is a novel written by Tom Lea. It follows the story of a man named Martin Brady, who was born in Texas but raised in Mexico. Brady is a horse trader who is hired by the United States Army to help them track down a dangerous bandit named Cipriano Castro... Read Full Overview