{"product_id":"2940013446878","title":"The Tiger Hunter","description":"PROLOGUE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring one of many journeyings through the remote provinces of the\u003cbr\u003eMexican republic, it was my fortune to encounter an old revolutionary\u003cbr\u003eofficer, in the person of Captain Castanos.  From time to time as we\u003cbr\u003etravelled together, he was good enough to give me an account of some of\u003cbr\u003ethe more noted actions of the prolonged and sanguinary war of the\u003cbr\u003eIndependence; and, among other narratives, one which especially\u003cbr\u003einterested me was the famed battle of the _Puente de Calderon_, where\u003cbr\u003ethe Captain himself had fought during the whole length of a summer's\u003cbr\u003eday!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf all the leaders of the Mexican revolution, there was none in whose\u003cbr\u003ehistory I felt so much interest as in the _priest-soldier_, Morelos--or,\u003cbr\u003eas he is familiarly styled in Mexican annals, the \"illustrious\u003cbr\u003eMorelos\"--and yet there was none of whose private life I could obtain so\u003cbr\u003efew details.  His public career having become historic, was, of course,\u003cbr\u003eknown to every one who chose to read of him.  But what I desired was a\u003cbr\u003emore personal and intimate knowledge of this remarkable man, who from\u003cbr\u003ebeing the humble curate of an obscure village in Oajaca, became in a few\u003cbr\u003eshort months the victorious leader of a well-appointed army, and master\u003cbr\u003eof all the southern provinces of New Spain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Can you give me any information regarding Morelos?\"  I asked of Captain\u003cbr\u003eCastanos, as we were journeying along the route between Tepic and\u003cbr\u003eGuadalaxara.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ah!  Morelos? he was a great soldier,\" replied the ex-captain of\u003cbr\u003eguerilleros.  \"In the single year of 1811, he fought no less than\u003cbr\u003etwenty-six battles with the Spaniards.  Of these he won twenty-two; and\u003cbr\u003ethough he lost the other four, each time he retreated with honour--\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hum!  I know all that already,\" said I, interrupting my\u003cbr\u003efellow-traveller.  \"You are narrating history to me, while I want only\u003cbr\u003echronicles.  In other words, I want to hear those more private and\u003cbr\u003eparticular details of Morelos' life which the historians have not\u003cbr\u003egiven.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ah!  I understand you,\" said the captain, \"and I am sorry that I cannot\u003cbr\u003esatisfy your desires: since, during the war I was mostly engaged in the\u003cbr\u003enorthern provinces, and had no opportunity of knowing much of Morelos\u003cbr\u003epersonally.  But if my good friend, Don Cornelio Lantejas, is still\u003cbr\u003eliving at Tepic, when we arrive there, I shall put you in communication\u003cbr\u003ewith him.  He can tell you more about Morelos than any other living man:\u003cbr\u003esince he was _aide-de-camp_ to the General through all his campaigns,\u003cbr\u003eand served him faithfully up to the hour of his death.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur conversation here ended, for we had arrived at the inn where we\u003cbr\u003eintended to pass the night--the _Venta de la Sierra Madre_.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079499923696,"sku":"2940013446878","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013446878_p0.jpg?v=1763581598","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013446878","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}