Pancho Villa and John Reed : two faces of romantic revolution /
Jim Tuck.
- Tucson, AZ. : University of Arizona Press, c1984.
- x, 252 pages. : black and white illustrations. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-244) and index.
1. The mentors: Abraham and Lincoln -- 2. 1910: The end of the beginning -- 3. Villa's road to revolution -- 4. Reed's road to revolution -- 5. Villa's foreign legion -- 6. Insurgent Mexico and insurgent Mexico -- 7. The indispensables: Felipe Angeles and Louise Bryant -- 8. The organization men: Carranza and Obregon -- 9. The organization men: Zinoviev and Radek -- 10. Fatal ambush: Parral and Baku -- 11. Villa and Reed as revolutionaries: an assessment.
"Pancho Villa and John Reed is a parallel biographical work set against the backdrop of worldwide revolution. Moving from IWW picket lines to Mexican ambushes to Bolshevik council chambers, this captivating narrative reveals how two strikingly different men - one a Mexican bandit, the other a Harvard graduate - rose to a cause, crossed paths briefly, then parted and fell to the intrigues of their enemies.
It was in late 1913 that John Reed traveled to Mexico to write about its revolution. There he joined Pancho Villa's "foreign legion" of supporters, whose ranks boasted such figures as Ambrose Bierce and Tom Mix. The product of Reed's expedition, Insurgent Mexico, won him world fame as a journalist; but Pancho Villa and John Reed now places author, book and subject in a more meaningful context." - From book jacket.
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Villa, Pancho, 1878-1923. Reed, John, 1887-1920.
Revolutionaries--Biography.--Mexico Revolutionaries--Biography.--United States