Long fascinated with the Mexican Revolution and the vicious border wars
of the early twentieth century, Winston Groom brings to life a
much-forgotten period of history in this sprawling saga of heroism,
injustice, and love. El Paso pits the legendary Pancho Villa against a
thrill-seeking railroad tycoon known only as the Colonel--whose fading
fortune is tied up in a colossal ranch in Chihuahua, Mexico. But when
Villa kidnaps the Colonel's grandchildren and absconds into the Sierra
Madre, the aging New England patriarch and his son head to El Paso,
hoping to find a group of cowboys brave enough to hunt down the
Generalissimo. Replete with gunfights, daring escapes, and an
unforgettable bullfight, El Paso becomes an indelible portrait of the
American Southwest in the waning days of the frontier, one that is "sure
to entertain" (Jackson Clarion-Ledger).