title: El Zarco the Blue-eyed Bandit (Helen Lane Editions)
author: Ignacio Manuel Altamirano
description: <DIV>Ignacio Manuel Altamirano (1834-1893) was one of 19th-century Mexico's most important nationalist thinkers and prolific writers. For intellectual and literary historians inside and outside Mexico, Altamirano's preeminence in 19th-century political and cultural debates have made his prolific writings necessary reading for understanding Mexican liberalism. Ronald Christ won the Kayden National Translation Award for Diamela Eltit's "E. Luminata" and the ForeWord Book of the Year Award for Altamirano's "El Zarco, The Blue-eyed Bandit." Currently translating &#193;lvaro Pombo's "Contra Natura" under a grant from the Spanish Ministry of Cutlure, Christ's most recent critical work is "Bonevardi: Constructing Magic."</DIV>
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  Zococa and the Lady
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Flamboyant Mexican bandit Zococa and his mute sidekick
  
  
  Tahoka are hired by Don Pedro Sanchez, the ruler of the mysterious territory
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  El Sanchez, to escort a valuable and precious cargo – his daughter – safely
  
  
  back to him.
  
  
  
  
  
  But what seems a simple and profitable task soon turns out
  
  
  to be a perilous journey through Apache land. What makes the journey even more
  
  
  dangerous is the fact that Don Pedro’s ruthless sibling is intent on killing
  
  
  her before she reaches the safety of El Sanchez.
  
  
  
  
  
  It will take every scrap of the bandit’s cunning and courage
  
  
  to achieve their goal.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _By the same author_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Way Station
  
  
  
  
  
  The Mexican Bandit
  
  
  
  
  
  Apache Thunder
  
  
  
  
  
  The Pinto Rider
  
  
  
  
  
  Apache Fury
  
  
  
  
  
  A Man Called Latigo
  
  
  
  
  
  The Star Riders
  
  
  
  
  
  Return of the Bandit
  
  
  
  
  
  Ghost Town
  
  
  
  
  
  Night Train to Laredo
  
  
  
  
  
  The Fury of Zococa
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Zococa
  
  
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