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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Pancho Villa, Dolores Del Río, Último Guerrero, Blue Panther, Silvestre Revueltas, Norberto Rivera Carrera, Rosaura Revueltas, Cristian Mijares, Andrea Palma, Antonio Peña Díaz, José Revueltas, Juan Bautista Ceballos, Eduardo Lucero, Francisco Gómez Palacio Y Bravo, Marlene Favela, Fermín Revueltas Sánchez, Rodolfo Elizondo, Julio Bracho, Manuel Espino Barrientos, Juan Bautista Vargas Arreola, Liliana V. Blum, Jaime Correa, José Luis López, Jesús Mena, José Guadalupe Esparza, Héctor Mayagoitia Domínguez, Maximiliano Silerio Esparza, Pablo Metlich, Domingo Arrieta León, Cesar Soto. Excerpt: José Doroteo Arango Arámbula (5 June 1878 20 July 1923), better known by his pseudonym Francisco Villa or its hypocorism Pancho Villa, was one of the most prominent Mexican Revolutionary generals. As commander of the División del Norte (Division of the North), he was the veritable caudillo of the Northern Mexican state of Chihuahua which, given its size, mineral wealth, and proximity to the United States of America, provided him with extensive resources. Villa was also provisional Governor of Chihuahua in 1913 and 1914. Although he was prevented from being accepted into the "panteón" of national heroes until some 20 years after his death, today his memory is honored by Mexicans, Americans, and many people around the world. In addition, numerous streets and neighborhoods in Mexico are named in his honor. Villa and his supporters, known as Villistas, seized hacienda land for distribution to peasants and soldiers. He robbed and commandeered trains, and, like the other revolutionary generals, printed fiat money to pay for his cause. Villa's dominance in northern Mexico was broken in 1915 through a series of defeats he suffered at Celaya and Agua Prieta at the ... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=145332 ... Read more