Down the Rio Grande, 1829 (American Sisters)
By Laurie Lawlor.
Description
Even the remote Rio Bravo town of Guerrero has paid a price for Mexico's war of independence from Spain. Gripped by drought and depression, Guerrero is changing. Sixteen-year-old Rosita Treviño dreams of a better life, as does fifteen-year-old Maria Alvarez, the book-loving stepsister she barely knows. When Father brings home a rich old suitor who chooses Rosita as his bride, she is determined to flee before it's too late! The next day, to everyone's surprise, a Texas gringo named Austin arrives on a steamboat. Desperate, Rosita runs away to the strange boat, and is...
ISBN(s)
0743436229, 9780743436229
