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elmonoenano t1_jaiji6u wrote

I read Morelos in Mexico by W. H. Timmons. It's an older book from the early 70s I just stumbled upon in a used shop but I was curious about him and the Mexican independence movement so I picked it up.

If you don't know a lot about the principal players or actions during the the Mexican rebellion of the 1810s then I would say this is worth checking out. Especially if you can find it cheap in a thrift store like I did. I'm sure there's more up to date stuff or more comprehensive stuff but this was good b/c it was fairly short, 170ish pages with decent sized type and margins so you felt like you were making good progress. And it didn't assume a lot of knowledge on the part of the reader. I thought it was a great introduction to the topic.

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Anthony9824 t1_jaj71uj wrote

Pancho Villa was a badass! Not the best person but a badass nonetheless haha

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elmonoenano t1_jaj841l wrote

This is the 1810 rebellion, not the 1910 revolution.

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Anthony9824 t1_jaj8o0n wrote

Ah, I read too quickly my bad. I still stand by my original, now irrelevant, comment

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elmonoenano t1_jajb69u wrote

Kind of strangely, I had the Friedrich Katz bio of Pancho Villa in mind when I said this one was short and didn't get overly involved. That Villa bio was like 700ish pages before the notes and was comprehensive, but I didn't actually care that much and didn't really have the background to understand a lot of the more intricate political in fighting.

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