Books with author Elizabeth Borton De Treviano

The son of a respected judge, El Guero--"The Blond One"--never suspects that his comfortable life will change when the president is deposed by General Diaz in 1876. But his father's loyalty to the old government sends the family into exile almost overnight. El Guero and his family set off first to Acapulco and then by sea to the wild, bandit-infested territory of Baja, California.

The Spanish galleons which plied between the Orient and the Americas in the seventeenth century sometimes carried strange cargo. The records of the period note that a White Deer was brought across the Pacific to Mexico to be reshipped across the Atlantic to the King of Spain and presented to him with a golden collar around its neck. The Author was intrigued with this idea and so was born this story of 'Nacar'. It is the story of a mute shepherd boy named Lalo, and the White Deer and what happened when the deer arrived in Acapulco. The boy is entrusted with nursing the sick deer back to health and the challenges and bonds that grow between the two make for a charming, endearing historical story for all. - Dust jacket flap