Saving El Chico, Paperback by Strauss, Meta F., Brand New, Free shipping in t...
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Saving El Chico, Paperback by Strauss, Meta F., Brand New, Free shipping in t.... Inspired by real Texans, history and geography, Saving El Chico is a story of the rugged courage, imagination, good humor and inspiration recognized as belonging to Texans since the founding of their beloved state. Saving El Chico, Paperback by Strauss, Meta F., ISBN 1502479389, ISBN-13 9781502479389, Brand New, Free shipping in the US This entertaining, character-driven debut novel is a marvelous, laugh-out-loud funny yet revealing story of a small present-day Texas town dying from drought. Inspired by real Texans, history and geography, Saving El Chico is a story of the rugged courage, imagination, good humor and inspiration recognized as belonging to Texans since the founding of their beloved state. From Lulu Belle Swartz, owner of Be Lovely Boutique, to Ed Hawkins, proprietor of Ed’s Salvage Yard and Golf Course, citizens of El Chico struggle to survive. The small west Texas town was once a thriving community founded at the base of a mineral rich mountain. Years ago the natural resources were depleted stunting its growth. When a devastating drought appears to be the final blow to the mainstay cattle ranching business and Bea McPherson’s Circle McP Ranch, Ex-Dallas Cowboy football player Nicholas Graystone arrives offering to spearhead the building of a water pipeline. The unsuspecting citizens don’t realize their mayor has teamed with the fast talker to swindle them. Jake Johnson, a cowboy born a hundred years too late, is suspicious of the fancy-booted outsider from the day the city slicker arrives. His best friend, Silver Crow Parker, mystical chief of the Comanche nation presents an alternative, spiritual solution to the drought. Graystone doesn’t anticipate the shrewd opposition to his scheme that could unravel the conspiracy. His infatuation with Bea further complicates his plan. She is torn by her attraction to the charismatic newcomer who wants to whisk her off to Dallas, her passion for the land, and her secret love for Jake, who won’t acknowledge his feelings for her. As the town sinks deeper and deeper into oblivion the diverse cast of Texas characters continues to celebrate their unique, fun and charming lifestyle with the belief if they pull together El Chico will thrive. Graystone’s supporters are certain El Chico won’t have enough water to survive without the pipeline, but don’t have the funding. Others think with prayer the area will return to the days where prairie grass grew as high as the eyes of the millions of bison who used to roam there. Perhaps it is inevitable that El Chico will become another barren, forlorn Texas ghost town powerless to support even these hardy citizens; or is there a chance the hopeless situation will find a remarkable resolution?
