Description
Fortino, by Jan Culbertson, is an amazing work of fiction based on fact.
Or rather, it's more like a loose biography. See, during the Mexican
Revolution, many people in Mexico had their lives completely turned
upside down, mostly from the fact that so many battles and conflicts had
occurred which tore families apart. One such person was young Fortino,
who after seeing members of his own family killed unjustly, sought
revenge and subsequently ended up right in the middle of a power
struggle with revolutionaries and the Mexican government. Fortino is in
many ways, a coming of age story in the historical backdrop of chaos.
For research, Jan didn't have to look very far for inspiration: His
wife's grandfather was Fortino himself. An intelligent story written in a
simplistic Hemingway style, Fortino is as personal a story as it is
engaging. But this is really nothing new for Jan Culbertson. He is an
author with alot of life experiences and knowledge on topics that deal
with everything from Chinese daggers to the last Mayan warrior and even
human cloning! Jan is always on the lookout for great tales, and after
having the chance to speak to Fortino about his adventures, he just
couldn't resist telling this amazing tale. 160 pages, rated for Teens,
class historical narrative/fiction/Mexican literature.
