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    The Diezmo
    The Diezmo
    The Diezmo
    Audiobook6 hours

    The Diezmo

    Written by Rick Bass

    Narrated by Brian Reddy

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    Author Rick Bass has won the Pushcart Prize and the O. Henry and PEN/Nelson Algren Awards for his short fiction. With The Diezmo he crafts a stirring novel that sheds light on an extraordinary but little-known episode of Texas history. When Sam Houston organizes an attack into Mexico, the gloryseeking Texans are overwhelmed. Captured, they face the terrible Diezmo-a game of chance that ensures every 10th man will be killed.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateApr 3, 2009
    ISBN9781440716911
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    Rick Bass

    RICK BASS’s fiction has received O. Henry Awards, numerous Pushcart Prizes, awards from the Texas Institute of Letters, fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, and his memoir, Why I Came West, was a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle Award.

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    • 4/5
      Bass's fictional account of the absurd and disastrous Mier Expedition during the early years of the Republic of Texas, when Mexico under Santa Anna, Britain, and the US jostled with each other to control the young republic, is a parable about war, youth, and machismo that fits many contemporary events. The tale is told with simple language, without editorial comment, and thus heightens the overall emotional impact. It's not so much anti-war as it is anti-drug--in this case, war is the drug that inflames passion and short-sightedness. There can be good reasons to go to war, but often the reasons are more emotional, encouraged by the drug rather than reason. A fasinating read.
    • 5/5
      A literary exploration into Historical Fiction about a raid into Mexico for revenge on bandits that raided Texas. The main character relates the story of their adventures, capture, escapes, and imprisonment. A wonderful read. Every time I pick up Rick Bass, I am left happy that I have read his work.