In the Face of Flying Glass (eBook)

Susie Parks, Border Town Hero of the Pancho Villa Raid

Shannon Parks (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
240 Seiten
Sunstone Press (Verlag)
978-1-61139-729-1 (ISBN)

Infos

On March 9, 1916, Susie Parks, age twenty, found herself in the center of battle the night Pancho Villa's rebel army invaded the border town of Columbus, New Mexico. At the telephone switchboard with her baby in her arms, she made the call that alerted the outside world of the attack. She was celebrated as an American hero but her broader story reveals a tenacity and grit that surpasses the events of that day. We first meet Susie at eleven growing up in the Northwest when a family tragedy prompts the family to move to Columbus, New Mexico. There she grows up unencumbered, free to hunt and roam the desert. At eighteen, she meets Garnet Parks, an intellectual cavalry soldier with dreams of owning a newspaper. They fall in love and together traverse the Great War, the flu pandemic, and a devastating fire. All the while babies come, businesses falter, and illness strikes. Susie must run the paper, care for her family and nurse her dying husband. Against all odds, a chance discovery saves his life but leaves him with an addiction and both of them vulnerable to the treacherous influence of his troublemaking brother. Susie must navigate the challenge of her life for herself and for the sake of her children. Includes Readers Guide.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.9.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• Schlagworte: 1916 raid by Pancho Villa • Border town hero • brave women • Brave women in early 1900s • Brave women in history • Columbus attack • Columbus Raid • Columbus switchboard operator • Early 20th Century Women • heroine of Columbus Raid • Invasion by foreign country • Maud Wright • new mexico history • nm • Pancho Villa • Pancho Villa's raid on Columbus • raid on Columbus • Susan Kendrick • Susan Parks • Susan Parks Kendrick • Susie Parks • Susie Parks Kendrick • Switchboard operator • telephone operator in history • US ground invasion • Women in early 1900s • women of the southwest
• ISBN-10: 1-61139-729-4 / 1611397294
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61139-729-1 / 9781611397291