| Villa and Zapata: A History of the Mexican Revolution Contributor(s): McLynn, Frank (Author) |
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ISBN: 0786710888 ISBN-13: 9780786710881 Publisher: Basic Books OUR PRICE: $23.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2002 Annotation: Recounting the decade of bloody events that followed the eruption of the Mexican Revolution in 1910, Villa and Zapata explores the regional, international, cultural, racial, and economic strife that made the rebels Francisco (Pancho) Villa and Emiliano Zapata legends. Throughout this volume drama colludes with history, in a tale of two social outlaws who became legendary national heroes, yetdespite their triumph and only meeting, in 1914, in the Mexican capitalfailed to make common cause and ultimately fell victim to intrigues more treacherous than their own. 16 pages of black-and-white photographs bring this gripping narrative to life. McLynn ... tells it so well ... you can hear the strains of he Mexican patriotic standard Zacatecas as you read it.Austin American-Statesman An admirably clear account of the chaos of revolution, its rivalries and bloody struggles....The Spectator Informative and insightful ... feels less like a history than a great story, as exciting as a Saturday serial Western.Publishers Weekly |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Latin America - Mexico - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - Hispanic & Latino |
| Dewey: 972.081 |
| Physical Information: 1.32" H x 6.08" W x 9.18" (1.32 lbs) 496 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A stirring, authoritative account of the Mexican Revolution, told through the lives of its infamous rebel-outlaws: Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata Villa and Zapata vividly chronicles the decade of bloody events that followed the eruption of the Mexican Revolution in 1910 and made legends of the rebels Francisco Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata. Mexico's was the first massive social revolution of the twentieth century, visiting economic, cultural, and racial strife on a country already exploited by oppressive officials and crippled by poverty, but also offering hope to its people. The ruthless Villa and his army of ex-cowboys in the north and Zapata, recruiting his infantry from the sugar plantations of the south, successfully waged a devastating war on two fronts and brought down a string of autocrats in Mexico City. But the two men failed to make common cause and ultimately fell victim to intrigues more treacherous than their own. |