El Paso

By: Winston Groom

Narrated by: Robertson Dean

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

Long fascinated with the Mexican Revolution and the vicious border wars of the early 20th century, Winston Groom brings to life a much-forgotten period of history in this sprawling saga of heroism, injustice, and love. An episodic novel set in six parts, El Paso pits the legendary Pancho Villa, a much-feared outlaw and revolutionary, against a thrill-seeking railroad tycoon known as the Colonel, whose fading fortune is tied up in a colossal ranch in Chihuahua, Mexico.

But when Villa kidnaps the Colonel's grandchildren in the midst of a cattle drive and absconds into the Sierra Madre, the aging New England patriarch and his adopted son head to El Paso, hoping to find a group of cowboys brave enough to hunt the generalissimo down.

Replete with gunfights, daring escapes, and an unforgettable bullfight, El Paso, with its textured blend of history and legend, becomes an indelible portrait of the American Southwest in the waning days of the frontier.

©2016 Winston Groom (P)2016 Recorded Books

Entertaining Enough

This story was definitely entertaining enough to finish the book, but the plot had too many unexpected turns and the ending was bitter sweet. Some of the things that happened had me scratching my head and asking what was the point of XYZ...

Michener for today’s the pallet of today’s readers

Like a long involved Michener Novel (think Centennial). This story intertwined enough US and Mexican facts into the stories to creat a wonderful blend of humanity, in-humanity, romance, cowboys and our first American fly-people (you’ll understand if/when you read or listen. Another of those darned books that make you watch the page count, the remaining chapters...because you don’t want it to end. But it does end and, not as lightly as I might have wished but it ends well.

awesome book!

love a good western, this was definitely entertaining! can't wait till it becomes a movie!

An unexpected pleasure

This book snuck up on me. My son suggested I read it but I thought it would be stale and boring. Groom’s writing style is a gift to us all. This needs to be a Netflix original! Wonderful story and definitely shows the grit of El Paso! A must read!

Excellent long saga of early California and Mexico! Excellent work again by Robertson Dean !

Excellent story of old west and Mexico plus Hollywood, you won’t be able to put it down so make sure you are all charged up! 😘😉