{"product_id":"insurgent-mexico-9781646793174","title":"Insurgent Mexico","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReed, John:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - JOHN REED (1887-1920), US journalist and activist, became best known for his writing about the Russian Revolution in Ten Days That Shook the World. Other books by Reed are: The War in Eastern Europe and Insurgent Mexico. He was a graduate of Harvard, wrote for a socialist newspaper The Masses, and helped found the US Communist Party. Reed died in Moscow, where he received a hero's funeral.","brand":"Cosimo Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50861535494418,"sku":"9781646793174","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ece31422-1281-44f8-af49-94241ba95ee9.jpg?v=1737596831","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/insurgent-mexico-9781646793174","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}