Patriot

Never before in history has the population of a country suffered more than during the Mexican Revolution. For over a decade the poor of that country carried on a struggle against the government the rich landowners and even the Catholic Church.</P><P>Benito a young man wishing to become a true revolutionary patriot joins the forces of Pancho Villa only to find that his duties make him little more than a horse thief! When he is saved from a government death squad by wealthy Mexican-American rancher Alejandro Guerra he decides to change his occupation using his skills with livestock to repay his newfound benefactor.</P><P>However Benito soon learns along with Guerra that <I>La Revolución</I> is bent on drawing everything and everyone into the bloody conflict. Along the way both men find the war's treacherous combatants and ever-shifting alliances will shape life--and death--for years to come.</P>