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Long fascinated with the Mexican Revolution and the vicious border wars of the early twentieth century, Winston Groom brings to life a much-forgotten period of history in this sprawling saga of heroism, injustice, and love. isOwnedB圜ollections True title El Paso fullDescription But when Villa kidnaps the Colonel's grandchildren and absconds into the Sierra Madre, the aging New England patriarch and his son head to El Paso, hoping to find a group of cowboys brave enough to hunt down the Generalissimo. El Paso pits the legendary Pancho Villa against a thrill-seeking railroad tycoon known only as the Colonel-whose fading fortune is tied up in a colossal ranch in Chihuahua, Mexico. PublishDate T05:00:00+01:00 publishDateText mediaType eBook shortDescription He served in Vietnam with the Fourth Infantry Division and lives in Point Clear, Alabama. bioText: Winston Groom is the author of twenty previous books, including Forrest Gump, Conversations with the Enemy (Pulitzer Prize finalist), Shiloh 1862, and The Generals.Replete with gunfights, daring escapes, and an unforgettable bullfight, El Paso becomes an indelible portrait of the American Southwest in the waning days of the frontier, one that is "sure to entertain" (Jackson Clarion-Ledger).

Three decades after the first publication of Forrest Gump, Winston Groom returns to fiction with this sweeping American epic.

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(I also just realized that all of that only really applies to vegetable gardening which is the only kind I really do.)Įastside Discount Nursery is a really great spot with some great folks who are happy to help. You run too much of a risk of scorching your plants. The “plant around Mother’s Day” axiom doesn’t apply here.

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You can get a longer season out of the spring/summer if you pay really close attention to how you shade your plants, but full sun here is really about 4hrs a day and you want to prioritize morning sun and minimize afternoon scorch as much as possible. Gardening- this year is weird because of the rain and the cooler temps, but the advice that’s been the most helpful to me has been to think in terms of two shorter growing seasons- one that starts in March/April and runs through June/early July and another that runs Sept through Dec. Tea- dunno, but lots of recommendations for Tippi. If you’re cool with city riding, I’ve had fun downtown, but I’m a hopeless fixie riding loser who misses my downtown bike commute.

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There’s a good series of trails on the east side around Ascarte.