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Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Draws on a rich trove of both little-known and newly uncovered letters and diaries to create a marvelously vivid and moving account of the American experience in World War I, with General John Pershing featured prominently in the foreground. Andrew Carroll's intimate portrait of General Pershing, who led all of the American troops in Europe during World War I, is a revelation. Given a military force that, on the eve of its entry into the war, was...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Jeff Guinn, chronicler of the Southwestern US and of American undesirables (Bonnie and Clyde, Charles Manson, Jim Jones) tells the riveting story of Pancho Villa's bloody raid on a small US border town that sparked a violent conflict with the US. The "Punitive Expedition" was launched in retaliation under Pershing's command and brought together the Army, National Guard, and the Texas Rangers--who were little more than organized vigilantes with a...
Author
Series
RAID volume 29
Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles Pancho Villa's attack on Columbus, New Mexico, and the subsequent expedition by General "Black Jack" Pershing to hunt him down in Mexico.
Author
Series
Smoke signal volume no. 9
Publisher
Tucson Corral of the Westerners
Pub. Date
1964.
Language
English