The Life and Times of Pancho Villa - by Friedrich Katz (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A "Best Book of 1998" <i>Library Journal</i> selection "This is the definitive work on Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa.... The work is exhaustively researched and scrupulously documented; it also makes for engrossing reading, as Latin America specialist Katz takes hold of the legend, gives it a good shaking, and comes up with something far more complex."--<i>Library Journal</i> starred review "A splendid work that can be enjoyed by the general reader and by scholars of the period on both sides of the border." --<i>The Journal of American History</i><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>A "Best Book of 1998" <i>Library Journal</i> selection "This is the definitive work on Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa.... The work is exhaustively researched and scrupulously documented; it also makes for engrossing reading, as Latin America specialist Katz takes hold of the legend, gives it a good shaking, and comes up with something far more complex."-<i>Library Journal</i> starred review "A splendid work that can be enjoyed by the general reader and by scholars of the period on both sides of the border." -<i>The Journal of American History</i><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>"The lifework of a great historian, this book is without rival as a biography of one of the enigmatic figures of the 20th century. . . . With scrupulous detail and objectivity, and with a fluid narrative style, this is the book on Villa that has long been awaited by both scholars and general readers."--Adolfo Gilly, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico<br>"Friedrich Katz's The Life and Times of Pancho Villa is a masterpiece of contemporary historiography. . . . Diligent, extremely well-documented, fluid and elegant at all times, Friederich Katz presents Mexicans with our ghosts--alive."--Carlos Fuentes<br>Los Angeles Times Book Review<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Friedrich Katz's <i>The Life and Times of Pancho Villa</i> is a masterpiece of contemporary historiography. . . . Diligent, extremely well-documented, fluid and elegant at all times, Friederich Katz presents Mexicans with our ghosts--alive."--Carlos Fuentes <i>Los Angeles Times Book Review</i><br><br>"The lifework of a great historian, this book is without rival as a biography of one of the enigmatic figures of the 20th century. . . . With scrupulous detail and objectivity, and with a fluid narrative style, this is the book on Villa that has long been awaited by both scholars and general readers."--Adolfo Gilly "Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico "<br><br>"A splendid work that can be enjoyed by the general reader and by scholars of the period on both sides of the border." --<i>The Journal of American History</i><br><br>"Anyone with any interest in Pancho Villa will want to have this book. It is the last word on the subject and will no doubt be the definitive work. . . . You'll be hooked."--<i>Publication of the El Paso County Historical Society</i><br><br>A "Best Book of 1998" <i>Library Journal</i> selection"This is the definitive work on Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa.... The work is exhaustively researched and scrupulously documented; it also makes for engrossing reading, as Latin America specialist Katz takes hold of the legend, gives it a good shaking, and comes up with something far more complex."--<i>Library Journal</i> starred review<br><br>"A towering new biography.... The research here obviously represents decades of devotion, and it is formidable.... Gives broader perspective on the revolution, one that is sorely needed."--<i>New York Times Book Review</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Friedrich Katz is Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor of Latin American History at the University of Chicago. He is the author or editor of nine books on Mexican history.
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