Pancho Villa A revolutionary life
Book - 2024
"This is the biography of Pancho Villa, one of the greatest Mexican revolutionaries, written by Paco Ignacio Taibo II, implacable novelist and historian, who gave himself to the titanic task of narrating the life of the "Northern Centaur." Villa's journey, reckless and excessive, saturated with heroic and tragic events, has always been a timeless symbol of the Mexican Revolution. This book, written in the vibrant style of Taibo II, recounts the adventures--from the most extravagant details to the most momentous moments--of a shrewd, abstemious man, with a magnetic gaze, whose only law was that he gave himself. This narrative biography is faithful to the villista spirit: "This is used first," said Pancho, pointi...ng at his head, "and then these--taking their testicles." Pancho Villa unbeatably portrays a complex character who always managed to escape the system, even after death"--
- Subjects
- Genres
- Biographies
History - Published
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New York, NY :
Seven Stories Press
[2024]
- Language
- English
Spanish - Main Author
- Other Authors
- Item Description
- Translated from the Spanish.
Translation of: Pancho Villa : una biografia narrativa. - Physical Description
- xxiv, 984 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 939-942) and index.
- ISBN
- 9781644212219
- Translator's Note
- Zero: Entering History
- 1. Those Who Have No History
- 2. Honor and Bullets
- 3. Sentiment and Imagination
- 4. From Siberia to Las Quince Letras
- 5. The Revolution
- 6. Ciudad Juárez: A Terrible Mess
- 7. Ciudad Juárez: The Battle
- 8. "These Dandies Have Made a Fool of You"
- 9. Seeing the Pyramids
- 10. Indecisions
- 11. The Revolt of the Colorados
- 12. All Because of a Mare
- 13. Behind Bars
- 14. Raising Pigeons
- 15. Two Pounds of Ground Coffee and Sugar, a Small Bag of Salt, and Several Wire Cutters
- 16. The Chihuahua Campaign
- 17. The Battle for the Cities of La Laguna
- 18. Torreón, Organizing a City
- 19. A Hard Bone to Crack
- 20. The Trojan Train
- 21. Ciudad Juárez: Villista Capital
- 22. Tierra Blanca
- 23. Governor Pancho
- 24. Ojinaga, A River of Blood Filled With Dead Horses
- 25. The Old Gringo and an Inconvenient Death (Bierce and Benton)
- 26. 1914: Ruins and Medals
- 27. The Autobiographies and the "Autobiographers"
- 28. Torreón: The Prologue
- 29. Torreón: The Battle
- 30. A Pack of Generals
- 31. Enmity
- 32. Paredón
- 33. Telegraph Messages
- 34. Zacatecas: A Valley Amidst the Hills
- 35. Conferences
- 36. Shoot Him
- 37. Convention
- 38. Sidewalks
- 39. The January Conspiracy
- 40. Repairing the Disaster
- 41. The New Villista Bourgeoisie
- 42. Celaya: The Myth of Modernity
- 43. Wooden Bullets and the Second Battle of Celaya
- 44. Losing an Arm at Santa Ana
- 45. The Last Battle of the Center
- 46. The Death of Urbina
- 47. Portraits at the Halfway Point
- 48. The Sonoran Adventure
- 49. Defeat
- 50. After the Defeat
- 51. The Road to Columbus, the Story of an Intervention Foretold
- 52. Columbus
- 53. Chasing the Villistas
- 54. The Cold Bullet
- 55. The Ox in the Canyon
- 56. Resurrection
- 57. Pancho Against Pancho
- 58. Capturing Carranza, Dressed Like a Forest Ranger
- 59. 1918: The Year of the Plague
- 60. The Return of Angeles
- 61. The Aguaprietans
- 62. Surrender
- 63. A New Life
- 64. Canutillo: The Project
- 65. Sorting Out Conflicts
- 66. Against the Light
- 67. The Plot
- 68. The Assassination
- 69. The Investigation
- 70. The Missing Head
- 71. Almost the End
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- Art and photo credits