writing a book which comprehends so deeply the spirit and desires of the men who made the events. Although the Mexican Revolution ended a half-century ago and some of its accoutrements ...

That he was calling these people to revolution was a radical change in the original revolution plot devised by the criollos (Mexican-born Spaniards). Hidalgo had close ties with this group.

Poncho Villa (between 1908 and 1919, Library of Congress On March 9, 1916, in the midst of the Mexican Revolution, General Plutarco Elias Calles sent an urgent telegram to Mexican President ...