After graduating from the University of Illinois he travelled for more than a year in Europe and the South Seas. Robert Lewis Taylor was born in southern Illinois. ‘It brings its subject vividly, unforgettably back to life’ – The Washington Post From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Lewis Taylor, this book will grip to the end with its many twists and turns.
Two Roads to Guadalupe is a classic coming-of-age adventure story, set against the vivid historical backdrop of the American intervention in Mexico. But with such closely entwined destinies, can both brothers stay out of trouble, or must one fall? And when the war finally comes to a close, what kind of men will they have become? What happens next will change the course of their lives forever…ĭuring their adventures, the brothers encounter a whole host of characters from clergy-haters to a sex worker turned card sharp. Reckless fourteen-year-old Sam thinks this is an excellent plan, and soon follows his brother.
Blaine, the older brother, fancies himself an intellectual and signs up as an officer to document the war. Both brothers are set on proving themselves. The Shelby Brothers, Sam and Blaine, are off to the Mexican War. Thrilling historical fiction from a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, about two brothers in the Mexican War. Two Roads to Guadalupe By Robert Lewis Taylor
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