The Wind That Swept Mexico by Anita Brenner

The Wind That Swept Mexico by Anita Brenner

The Mexican Revolution began in 1910 with the overthrow of dictator Porfirio D az. The Wind That Swept Mexico, originally published in 1943, was the first book to present a broad account of that revolution in its several different phases. In concise but moving words and in memorable photographs, this classic sweeps the reader along from the false peace and plenty of the D az era through the doomed administration of Madero, the chaotic years of Villa and Zapata, Carranza and Obreg n, to the peaceful social revolution of C rdenas and Mexico's entry into World War I. The photographs were assembled from many sources by George R. Leighton with the assistance of Anita Brenner and others. Many of the prints were cleaned and rephotographed by the distinguished photographer Walker Evans. Anita Brenner, author of Idols behind Altars and a number of children's books, was born in Mexico and lived there for many years. During the Spanish Civil War she wrote dispatches from Spain for the New York Times and the Nation and for many years she edited the magazine Mexico This Month.

. . here is the history of the revolution in 184 of the best photographs of the time. The whole disintegration and painful reintegration of a society is marvellously set before the eyes . . . * Times Literary Supplement *
. . . a classic and sympathetic statement of the first of the great twentieth century revolutions--its words and pictures command our attention and our respect. * Military History *
Only 100 pages of text and 184 historical news photographs, yet this is the Mexican Revolution in its drama, its complexity, its incompleteness! One could not have seen it more closely and fully had one taken part in it . . . -- Bertram D. Wolfe

Anita Brenner, author of Idols behind Altars and a number of children's books, was born in Mexico and lived there for many years. During the Spanish Civil War she wrote dispatches from Spain for the New York Times and the Nation and for many years she edited the magazine Mexico This Month.

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ISBN 13	9780292790247
ISBN 10	0292790244
Title	The Wind That Swept Mexico
Author	Anita Brenner
Series	Texas Pan American Series
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	University of Texas Press
Year published	1971-01-01
Number of pages	320
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.