copyright 1955; University of New Mexico Press; hardbound; b/w photos; very good condition of book; dust jacket very good with minor edge wear and tear; original owners ex libris sticker inside under front flap.
 
from dust flap -
"PANCHO VILLA" A name-a symbol-a legend.  A name that bred fear, and love, and hate, and gratitude in the hearts of millions.  A symbol of outlawry, of lust, of leadership, of insurrection.  A legend that has outgrown history, mixing fiction and fact in a tangle that defies analysis.
 
This is the story of that legend.  The story as it lives in Mexico, of the peon, Doroteo Arango, youthful killer, fugitive, outlaw, leader of outlaws - who stole his alias from a still older legend and, as "Pancho Villa" came down from his mountain dens to shape the history of a nation...