It is historical fact that Albert Fountain Indian fighter, lawman, well-known territorial political figure, newspaper publisher, respected attorney and his eight-year-old son, Henry, vanished on a cold winter s day in the desert near White Sands, New Mexico Territory, in 1896. They were never found. Believed murdered with his father, eight-year-old Henry Fountain survived to make bloody war on the murderers. Yellow Boy, his Apache mentor, called him Hombrecito, Little Man. Hombrecito: Half Anglo, half Mexican, all Apache. Hombrecito s War is a richly imagined myth of survival and revenge in the border southwest at the turn of the last century.
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W. Michael Farmer lives and writes in Smithfield, Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Living for nearly fifteen years in Las Cruces, New Mexico, immersed in the region's rich history, living in its culture, exploring its deserts, mountains, and ranges he learned much of the rich story life of the southwest. A physicist by training, as an author he has published short stories in two anthologies, won awards for essays at the Christopher Newport University Writers Conference, and published essays in magazines. Hombrecito's War, won a Western Writers of America Silver Spur Award for Best First Novel in 2006 and a
New Mexico Book Award Finalist for Historical Fiction in 2007. The sequel, Hombrecito s Search, was released in July 2007. Treble Heart Press published his third novel, Conspiracy: The Trial of Oliver Lee and James Gililland, in 2009. Tiger Tiger Burning Bright: The Betrayals of Pancho Villa, his fourth novel completes the Hombrecito s Legacy Trilogy.
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I live and write in Smithfield, Isle of Wight County, Virginia. Living for nearly fifteen years in Las Cruces, New Mexico, I was immersed in the region's rich history, living in its culture, exploring its deserts, mountains, and ranges and learning much of the rich story life of the southwest. I'm a physicist by training, and I have a couple of books on remote sensing through the atmosphere (the Atmospheric Filter)that were published nearly ten years ago and are still in use today. I began writing fiction in 2002 in an attempt to get at the truth behind one of the great mysteries of the southwest - the Fountain murders - I learned while living in Las Cruces. The result was my first novel, Hombrecito's War, which won a Western Writers of America Silver Spur Award for Best First Novel in 2006 and was a New Mexico Book Award Finalist for Historical Fiction in 2007. The sequel, Hombrecito's Search, was released in July 2007, and is based on the remarkable fact that Sierra Madre Apaches still raided across the United States border as late as 1930. Treble Heart Press published my third novel, Conspiracy: The Trial of Oliver Lee and James Gililland, in 2009, which, while a novel, covered in historic detail the trial of the men accused of murdering the Fountains. Tiger Tiger Burning Bright: The Betrayals of Pancho Villa, my fourth novel, also from Treble Heart, depicts the fall into near insanity by Pancho Villa and his raid on Columbus, New Mexico, in 1916. Tiger, Tiger completes The Vanished Trilogy. I have also published short stories in two anthologies, won awards for essays at the Christopher Newport University Writers' Conference, and published an essay on Pat Garrett in Roundup magazine.
Historical fiction, framed with as much accurate detail as possible about the events driving the story, is my passion. I've learned that, as Oakley Hall once said, "The pursuit of truth, not facts, is the business of fiction." I believe Oakley Hall was exactly right, but I've also found that fiction built around the facts provides powerful insights into the life and times of historical characters and events as they actually were. I hope you enjoy my work and I look forward to hearing from you.
Historical fiction, framed with as much accurate detail as possible about the events driving the story, is my passion. I've learned that, as Oakley Hall once said, "The pursuit of truth, not facts, is the business of fiction." I believe Oakley Hall was exactly right, but I've also found that fiction built around the facts provides powerful insights into the life and times of historical characters and events as they actually were. I hope you enjoy my work and I look forward to hearing from you.
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Hombrecito's War,
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Mike Farmer is an engineer and writer of technical books and papers. I had no idea he was also an outstanding fiction writer. As a reader of western history (cowboy era) and fiction almost exclusively I found this book to be an interesting mix of both. I am familiar with the historical event on which the story is based and I have traveled the geographical area many times. The narrative paints clear and accurate scenes and the reader becomes so engrosed in the story that he wants to enter the story and talk to the characters. I found myself wanting to give advice to the characters in anticipation of what may happen next. Sometimes it would have been good! A difficult book to put down. Eddie Wayne
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HOMBRECITO'S WAR,
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Hombrecito's War is a superlative read. Michael Farmer has created excellent historical action fiction with true-to-life charactes. Set in beautifully described New Mexico, the story unfolds from the turbulent early 1900s to modern times. The time transitions are a fascinating interplay between Henry, a physician telling the story of his early life to Roberta, his long time nurse, as they race down highway 70 across the Tularosa Basin to help his Apache surrogate father, Yellow Boy. Yellow Boy saved young Henry's life after Henry's father was murdered and the killers attempted to kill Henry. Yellow Boy, a warrior, and Rufus Pike, a tough buffalo hunter/cattle man, who is self-educated, raise Henry. The interplay of the three characters is fascinating as Yellow Boy and Rufus educate Henry in the rugged ways of a warrior, survival, book learning, and help find the revenge that drives his life. Interspersed with the relationships are vivid descriptions of New Mexico, turbulent depictions of often-violent politics, tender love and caring, and Apache warrior life. Hombrecito's War is a powerful story, a true western myth.
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"HOMBRECITO'S WAR",
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A well written story about revenge in the Southwest territory portraying the life and times of a true Apache Warrior adopting a young boy and teaching him the skills of survival as an Apache in the late 1800's. The author depicts actual places of the terrain with modern and historical aspects it puts the reader in specific parts of the territory with vivid reality.I would highly recommend this book to readers of historical fiction. Mescalero Apache Tribe Lillian Chavez, Tribal Librarian
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