In 1959, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters. Having served in the Navy during World War II as a lieutenant commander, he joined the staff of The New Yorker. After graduating from the University of Illinois he travelled for more than a year in Europe and the South Seas. Robert Lewis Taylor was born in southern Illinois. ‘It brings its subject vividly, unforgettably back to life’ – The Washington Post From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Lewis Taylor, this book will grip to the end with its many twists and turns. Two Roads to Guadalupe is a classic coming-of-age adventure story, set against the vivid historical backdrop of the American intervention in Mexico. But with such closely entwined destinies, can both brothers stay out of trouble, or must one fall? And when the war finally comes to a close, what kind of men will they have become?

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (Arbor House Library of Contemporary Americana) (English. What happens next will change the course of their lives forever…ĭuring their adventures, the brothers encounter a whole host of characters from clergy-haters to a sex worker turned card sharp. Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc General Fiction Books. Reckless fourteen-year-old Sam thinks this is an excellent plan, and soon follows his brother. Blaine, the older brother, fancies himself an intellectual and signs up as an officer to document the war.

Both brothers are set on proving themselves. The Shelby Brothers, Sam and Blaine, are off to the Mexican War. Thrilling historical fiction from a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, about two brothers in the Mexican War. I've watched them several times and have noted some bloopers in the message forum.Two Roads to Guadalupe By Robert Lewis Taylor I wonder if his absences from some episodes were strictly to make room for Bronson? This series was last aired on TNT in the 80s and I have the tapes of all 26 episodes from that airing. Michael Witney was the main wagon master Coulter when the show started but then, Bronson started appearing as the wagon master sporadically with no explanation as to what happened to Coulter. Many of the episodes revolved around Jaimie wandering off from the wagon train and getting kidnapped by highwaymen or Indians. Kurt Russell proved his acting ability at a very young age. Where else could you find a TV show with Charles Bronson, Kurt Russell and the Osmonds? The stories in this rare, obscure show were surprisingly serious and often very violent. The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters was based on the book by Robert Lewis Taylor about a wagon train headed to California to find gold and all the problems they run into along the way.

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