SON OF DURANGO
A Contemporary Novel

"...Priddy's second novel (after Winning Passion) . . . tells of a poor Mexican immigrant who leaves the family farm in Durango, Mexico, to find work in south Texas. Once across the border, Jesus Comacho lands a job as a ranch hand, only to lose it by making a pass at the white rancher's daughter. When the young man discovers that his brother, Miguel, may be in Ft. Worth, he finds work there, at a mobile home company. Romance blooms with Maggie Hinojosa, over the objections of her father, a plant foreman, but tragedy strikes when Jesus learns that Miguel is the victim of an industrial accident that has left him brain-damaged. To raise funds for his brother and his upcoming marriage, Jesus succumbs to the lure of quick cash by working as a drug runner. Priddy's writing is moralistic, but he builds narrative tension adeptly and represents the lives of hard-luck Mexican immigrants with precision and compassion."
      --PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
     
      "Driven by poverty and pride, Jesus Camacho leaves his family on their small farm in the Mexican State of Durango and follows his younger brother, Miguel, to work illegally in Texas. Brashly sure of success and encouraged by the Virgin of Guadalupe's appearance to him in a vision, he soon confronts formidable problems. Miguel has disappeared, and Jesus must struggle with the greed and hostility of both Texans and other Mexicans. Driven by a growing love for Maggie Hinojosa, his leadman's daughter, he saves money to marry her instead of sending it home. Constantly threatened with deportation and torn by conflict, will Jesus have the strength and good luck he needs to find Miguel and support his family while making a new life in an alien land? "Son Of Durango" is an engaging, exceptionally well written novel!"
      --MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW