{"product_id":"insurgent-mexico-9781646793945","title":"Insurgent Mexico","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): John Reed\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cosimo Classics\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cosimo Classics\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Latin America - Mexico\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...Villa was an outlaw for twenty-two years. When he was only a boy of sixteen, ... he killed a government official... that in itself would not have outlawed him long in Mexico, where human life is cheap; but once a refugee he committed the unpardonable crime of stealing cattle from the rich \"hacendados.\" And from that time to the outbreak of the Madero revolution, the Mexican government had a price on his head.\" -John Reed, \u003cem\u003eInsurgent Mexico\u003c\/em\u003e, (1914)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e American journalist John Reed was sent in 1913 to Mexico by the \u003cem\u003eMetropolitan Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e to cover the Mexican Revolution, an armed struggle from 1910 to 1920 that had a major impact on Mexican culture and government. While reporting on Pancho Villa, a former bandit, who became a Mexican revolutionary general and one of the most prominent figures of the Mexican Revolution, Reed established his national reputation as a war correspondent. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReed's articles were published in his book \u003cem\u003eInsurgent Mexico\u003c\/em\u003e (1914), which offers a fascinating read for anyone interested in the Mexican Revolution and its history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46452855472279,"sku":"9781646793945","price":2701.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781646793945.webp?v=1769142664","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/insurgent-mexico-9781646793945","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}