| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
viii, 403 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [387]-393) and index. |
| Contents |
A microbe challenges an elephant -- A diverting brute -- Veracruz -- Downhill -- Tell President Wilson to save you -- Only one chance to die -- Rumors, warnings, and telegrams -- Villa is coming tonight, for sure -- The fiddler plays -- Very unnatural deaths -- To the end of the furrow -- Sunburn, frostbite, and blisters -- Pershing's indigestion -- No one to seek for -- Gasoline baths and confessions -- Jerked to Jesus -- A ripe pear -- A terrible blunder -- Whore dust and a rabid dog -- An old colonel -- A reborn town -- Victims or bandits? -- Death comes for the horsemen. |
| Subject |
Mexican-American Border Region -- History -- 20th century.
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Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920.
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United States. Army -- History -- Punitive Expedition into Mexico, 1916.
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Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948.
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Villa, Pancho, 1878-1923.
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Columbus (N.M.) -- History -- 20th century.
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| ISBN |
0316715999 hardcover |
| Standard No. |
9780316715997 |
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