Category: Memoir Publisher: Creative Arts Book Company
ISBN-10: 0887393292
Type: Non-Fiction
Pages: 126
Copyright: 2001
ISBN-13: 9780887393297
A first-person true account of an American soldier's weekend leave becoming a series of harrowing adventures in a Mexican prison.
Professional Reviews
Rick DeMarinis
In witty and sharp-eyed prose, Lewis Horton takes the reader on an often hilarious tour of hell.
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Reviews for "Escape From Mexico"
Reviewed by Elena Margo
1/14/2010
"Escape From Mexico" is a great read. With non-stop laughs, Horton lets the reader ride shotgun during his wild Mexican adventure. The fascinating details pull you in, the hilarious and intimate dialogue holds you fast and the quick narrative pace makes for a breathless trip. Though you know, logically, he must have survived in order to have been able to write the memoir, his writing keeps you constantly on the edge of your seat wondering how he's going to make it out alive.
This book is an autobiographical account of the lessons I learned about life and how I was able to apply them to inspire, motivate and empower others in my own work as a firefighter, as well in my daily life as a husband, a father and a man. When I w
