Pancho Villa

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This paper explores Mexico's revolutionary leader and folk hero, Pancho Villa. The paper acknowledges that many cultures have mythic heroes that rob from the rich and give to the poor such as Robin Hood. Such is Pancho Villa's role in Mexican folklore. The paper presents a brief biography of Pancho Villa, but many of the stories may be apocryphal. The paper also critically analyzes Pancho Villa's actions, especially those that linked him to murders. The paper concludes by stating that today Pancho Villa remains a well-known, yet still controversial, figure in Mexico.

From the Paper:

"During a great deal of Mexico's past, the country was run by a small group of powerful and wealthy individuals. The rest of the country remained poor and disenfranchised. As the split between the rich and poor became wider under the leadership of General Diaz, a number of rebellious generals arose who tried to defeat him between 1910 and 1917. These revolutionaries, who came from a variety of backgrounds, included Pancho Villa"

Sample of Sources Used:

• Braddy, Haldeen. Cock of the Walk: The Legend of Pancho Villa. Port Washington, New York: Kennikat Press, 1970
• Brunk, Samuel. American Historical Review, 101, No. 2 (Apr., 1996), 331-353
• Katz, Friedrich The Life and Times of Pancho Villa. Stanford, CA:, Stanford University Press, 1998.
• McLynn, Frank. Villa and Zapata. New York: Caroll & Graf, 2000
• Meyer, Michael.. Oxford History of Mexico. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000

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