Heroica defensa de Ciudad Juárez : la verdad de los hechos, caracter y valor del soldado mexicano; invasión de tropas americanas y su pronta evacuación

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This work provides an account of what the author terms the “heroic defense” of Ciudad Juarez against Pancho Villa’s forces. It also includes correspondence by Villa to the military garrison urging their surrender. Notably, it describes American involvement (and brief incursion into Mexico) and the Mexican embassy’s response to it in El Paso, where the work was published.

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78 p. [9 leaves] : ill. ; 19 cm. Pictorial paper wraps.

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Velasco, Felipe 1919.

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This book is part of the collection entitled: The Mexican Revolution on the Border: Primary Sources from El Paso and was provided by the University of Texas at El Paso to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 1173 times, with 8 in the last month. More information about this book can be viewed below.

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University of Texas at El Paso

The Special Collections at the University of Texas at El Paso include book, serial, photographic, and manuscript materials about the history of El Paso and Northern Mexico. The UTEP Library contains digital copies of books from the period of the Mexican Revolution and has participated in a project that digitized the local paper.

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This work provides an account of what the author terms the “heroic defense” of Ciudad Juarez against Pancho Villa’s forces. It also includes correspondence by Villa to the military garrison urging their surrender. Notably, it describes American involvement (and brief incursion into Mexico) and the Mexican embassy’s response to it in El Paso, where the work was published.

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78 p. [9 leaves] : ill. ; 19 cm. Pictorial paper wraps.

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The Mexican Revolution on the Border: Primary Sources from El Paso

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Velasco, Felipe. Heroica defensa de Ciudad Juárez : la verdad de los hechos, caracter y valor del soldado mexicano; invasión de tropas americanas y su pronta evacuación, book, 1919; El Paso, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth149833/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas at El Paso.

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