Author : William Osborn Stoddard
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780666738882
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (388 download)
Book Synopsis Ahead of the Army (Classic Reprint) by : William Osborn Stoddard
Download or read book Ahead of the Army (Classic Reprint) written by William Osborn Stoddard and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-02 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Ahead of the Army Lest any one should suspect exaggeration in the pictures of Mexican affairs in the old time, which are presented by Senor Car fora, it may be well to offer a few facts by way of explanation. During sixty-three years of the national life of the Republic of Mexico, from the'establishment of its independence in 1821 to the year 1884, nearly all of its successive changes of gov ernment were accompanied by more or less violence and bloodshed. There have been fifty-five Mexican Presidents; at one rev olutionary period, four within three months, and to this list must be added two emperors and one regency. Both of the emperors were shot, so were several of the Presidents, and nearly all of the others incurred the penalty of banishment. How this came to be so will possibly be better understood by the young Americans who will kindly travel with Senor Carfora and his generals and his two armies, commanded for him by General Scott and General Santa Anna. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.