On March 9, 1916, Susie Parks, age twenty, found herself in the center of battle the night Pancho Villa\'s rebel army invaded the Border Town of Columbus, New Mexico.
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Susie must navigate the challenge of her life for herself and for the sake of her children.
Against all odds, a chance discovery saves his life but leaves him with an addiction and both of them vulnerable to the treacherous influence of his troublemaking brother.
Susie must run the paper, care for her family and nurse her dying husband.
All the while babies come, businesses falter, and illness strikes.
They fall in love and together traverse the Great War, the flu pandemic, and a devastating fire.
At eighteen, she meets Garnet Parks, an intellectual cavalry soldier with dreams of owning a newspaper.
There she grows up unencumbered, free to hunt and roam the desert.
We first meet Susie at eleven growing up in the Northwest when a family tragedy prompts the family to move to Columbus, New Mexico.
She was celebrated as an American Hero but her broader story reveals a tenacity and grit that surpasses the events of that day.
At the telephone switchboard with her baby in her arms, she made the call that alerted the outside world of the attack.
On March 9, 1916, Susie Parks, age twenty, found herself in the center of battle the night Pancho Villa\'s rebel army invaded the Border Town of Columbus, New Mexico
