"The grand saga of an American ranching family continues in The Last Ranch... When Matthew Kerney returns to his ranch in the beautiful San Andres Mountains after serving in Sicily during World War II, he must not only fight to recover physically and emotionally from a devastating war injury, but he must also battle attempts by the U.S. Army to seize control of his land for expanded weapons testing."--

Catapulted into early adulthood after the death of an older brother he idolized, eight-year-old Matthew Kerney assumes difficult responsibilities to save the family ranch against a backdrop of the Great Depression and a drought-stricken Tularosa Basin.

"Antes de convertirse en Rita Hayworth, Margarita Carmen Cansino pasa sus primeros años de carrera en Tijuana. Sus inicios como bailarina estuvieron ligados a los degradantes encuentros que su padre la obligaba a tener con distintos hombres. 'Todos los padres lo hacen, Maggie,' decía. A Rita sólo le queda el consuelo de poder compartir sus sentimientos con su hermano Verny, en estos momentos tan tortuosos de su vida. En la misma época, las parisinas...