Name: The Free Lances: A Romance of the Mexican Valley
Author: Thomas Mayne Reid
ISBN: 978-0530526973

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The Free Lances: A Romance of the Mexican Valley

By Thomas Mayne Reid 18 Jun, 2020

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Brief Extract: In the course of his college studies he had read the romantic history of Cortez’s conquest, and his mind had become deeply imbued with the picturesqueness of Mexican scenes; so that among the fancies of his youthful life one of the p ... Read more

Brief Extract: In the course of his college studies he had read the romantic history of Cortez’s conquest, and his mind had become deeply imbued with the picturesqueness of Mexican scenes; so that among the fancies of his youthful life one of the pleasantest was that of someday visiting the land of Anahuac, and its ancient capital, Tenochtitlan. After leaving college the dream had grown into a determination and was now in the act of being realised. In New Orleans, he was so far on his way. He came thither expecting to obtain passage in a coasting vessel to some Mexican seaport—Tampico or Vera Cruz. Less

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Thomas Mayne Reid

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Thomas Mayne Reid (April 4, 1818 – October 22, 1883) was a Scots-Irish American novelist. Thomas Mayne Reid fought in the American-Mexican War (1846-1848). His many works are about American life. In...

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