Chasing Villa: The Story Behind the Story of Pershing's Expedition into Mexico
Harrisburg, PA: The Military Service Publishing Company, 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (medium). Very Good. Item #017121
Orange illustrated cloth, lettered in green, pictorial endpapers, xx, 270pp, [16] plates (some double-sided) of photographs, with in-text maps, foxing, light bumping on corners, a small chip at spine head, with bumping, creasing on spine, some smudging on cloth, bump on rear middle board along outer edge. Very Good. The 1916-1917 U.S. Cavalry hunt for Francisco Pancho Villa in response to his attack on Columbus, New Mexico during the Mexican Boarder War. Despite the major US Military operation, they were unable to capture Villa. One of the major faces and forces of the Mexican Revolution, Villa was later assassinated in 1923.
Price (CAD): $125.00