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Ghost of the Rio Grande: The U.S. Border War and Punitive Expedition into Mexico 1916-1917
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerHistorical Fiction
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 14 2022
Pages: 362
Weight: 1.07
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Ghost of the Rio Grande - Revised Cinematic Book Description
What if the blood spilled along the Rio Grande was never about bandits, border raids, or revolution...
-but about a secret powerful men were willing to bury beneath history itself?
From 1914 to 1919, as the world burned in the fires of the First World War, the American Southwest became the stage for a hidden war few historians dare to speak of. German agents moved through Mexico in the shadows. Oil empires, political power brokers, corrupt lawmen, and foreign operatives collided along a lawless frontier where loyalty could be bought, truth could be executed, and entire bloodlines could vanish overnight.
In the chaos, one reluctant Tejano hero is pulled into a conspiracy far greater than the border conflict consuming his homeland.
Haunted by his family's mysterious past and hunted by men who fear what he might uncover, he finds himself standing between ruthless German operatives, revolutionary factions, and powerful Texas interests determined to silence the truth forever. As innocent families disappear and entire communities are terrorized beneath the badge of justice, he begins to uncover whispers of an older legacy buried along the Rio Grande-one tied to forgotten protectors, hidden fortunes, and secrets carried through generations in blood.
But some truths were never meant to survive.
To expose them could ignite a political firestorm stretching from Mexico City to Washington... and reveal that the heroes history celebrated were not always the heroes history deserved.
Inspired by shocking real events surrounding the U.S.-Mexico border conflicts, the Zimmermann intrigue, and the violent shadows of the Texas frontier, Ghost of the Rio Grande is a sweeping historical conspiracy thriller about buried history, stolen truth, protected bloodlines, and the unsung heroes erased by powerful men determined to control the narrative.
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