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About

My name is Ray Acosta and live in southern California. I have a strong interest in the Mexican Revolution 1910-1920.

Articles I Have Created

Felipe Ángeles

Lucio Blanco

Manuel Peláez

Jacinto B. Treviño

Articles I Edited Extensively

Decena Trágica

Juan Andreu Almazán

José Inés Salazar

Rodolfo Herrero

Books I’ve Read About the Mexican Revolution

Beezley, William (1973). Insurgent Governor: Abraham González and the Mexican Revolution in Chihuahua. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN  0-8032-0821-9.

Brenner, Anita (1943). The Wind That Swept Mexico: The History of the Mexican Revolution 1910-1942. University of Texas Press. ISBN  0-2927-0106-3.

Brown, Jonathan (1993). Oil and Revolution in Mexico. University of California Press. ISBN  0-5200-7934-5.

Camin, Hector Aguilar (1993). In the Shadow of the Mexican Revolution: Contemporary Mexican History, 1910-1989. University of Texas. ISBN  0-2927-0451-8.

Eisenhower, John (1993). Intervention! The United States and the Mexican Revolution, 1913-1917. W.W. Norton & Co. ISBN  0-3930-3573-5.

Hall, Linda (1981). Álvaro Obregón: Power and Revolution in Mexico. Texas A&M University. ISBN  0-8909-6113-1.

Henderson, Peter (1981). Félix Díaz, the Porfirians and the Mexican Revolution. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN  0-8032-2312-9.

Henderson, Peter (2000). In the Absence of on Porfirio, Francisco Leon de la Barra and the Mexican Revolution. Scholarly Resources. ISBN  0-8420-2774-2.

Johnson, William Weber (1968). Heroic Mexico: The Violent Emegence of a Modern Nation. Doubleday & Company. ISBN  0-3850-1551-8.

Katz, Friedrich (1998). The Life and Times of Pancho Villa. Stanford University Press. ISBN  0-8047-3045-8.

Krauze, Enrique (1997). Mexico: Biography of Power. Harper Collins. ISBN  0-0601-6235-9. {{ cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: checksum ( help)

LaFrance, David (1989). The Mexican Revolution in Puebla, 1908-1913: The Maderista Movement and the Failure of Liberal Reform. Scholarly Resources. ISBN  0-8420-2293-7.

Lieuwen, Edwin (1968). Mexican Militarism: The Political Rise and Fall of the Revolutionary Army. Greenwood Press. ISBN  0-3132-2911-2.

McCreary, Guy Weddington (1974). From Glory to Oblivion: The Real Truth About the and the Mexican Revolution. Vantage Press. ISBN  0-5330-1266-X.

Mclynn, Frank (2000). Villa and Zapata: A History of the Mexican Revolution. Carroll & Graf Publishers. ISBN  0-7867-1088-8.

Meyer, Michael C. (1972). Huerta: A Political Portrait. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN  0-8032-0802-2.

Meyer, Michael C. (1967). Mexican Rebel: Pascual Orozco and the Mexican Revolution. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN  0-8032-0119-2.

Quirk, Robert E. (1960). The Mexican Revolution 1914-1915. Indiana University Press.

Ruiz, Ramon Eduardo (1992). Triumphs and Tragedy: A History of the Mexican People. W. W. Norton & Co. ISBN  0-3933-1066-3.

Slattery, Matthew (1982). Felipe Ángeles and the Mexican Revolution. Prinit Press. ISBN  0-9329-7034-6.

Stout, Joseph (1999). Border Conflict: Villistas, Carrancistas and the Punitive Expedition 1915-1920. Texas Christian University Press. ISBN  0-87565-200-X.

Womack, John (1969). Zapata and the Mexican Revolution. Alfred Knopf. ISBN  0-3944-5333-6.

Personality

States I have visited for more than a day

Foreign States (or Provinces) I have visited for more than a day

Favorite Novels

Pride & Prejudice (1813)

The Count of Monte Cristo (1844)

Of Human Bondage (1915)

Magnificent Ambersons (1918)

The Age of Innocence (1920)

The Prince of Foxes (1947)

To Kill a Mockingbird (1960)

Catch 22 (1961)

The Sand Pebbles (1962)

King Rat (1962)

Shōgun (1975)

The Lords of Discipline (1980)

Lonesome Dove (1985)

The Prince of Tides (1986)

Favorite Films

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Prince of Foxes (1949)

Harvey (1950)

Viva Zapata! (1952)

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

The Searchers (1956)

The Court Jester (1956)

Paths of Glory (1957)

The Long Hot Summer (1958)

Inherit the Wind (1960)

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

It’s a Mad Mad World (1963)

My Fair Lady (1964)

Zorba the Greek (1964)

Dr. Strangelove (1964)

King Rat (1965)

The Sand Pebbles (1966)

A Man for All Seasons (1966)

Bullitt (1968)

A Lion in Winter (1968)

The First Churchills (TV) (1969)

Patton (1970)

MASH (1970)

Where’s Papa? (1975)

The Godfather (1972)

Silent Running (1972)

War & Peace (TV) (1973)

Chinatown (1974)

Young Frankenstein (1974)

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

The Wind and the Lion (1975)

The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

The Shootist (1976)

Star Wars (1977)

Being There (1979)

The Cheap Detective (1978)

Alien (1979)

Dracula (1979)

The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)

The Final Countdown (1980)

Shōgun (TV) (1980)

Kagemusha (Shadow Warrior) (1980)

Body Heat (1981)

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Excalibur (1981)

Das Boot (1981)

Blade Runner (1982)

The Right Stuff (1983)

Ran (Chaos) (1985)

Princess Bride (1987)

Lonesome Dove (TV) (1989)

Presumed Innocent (1990)

The Hunt for Red October (1990)

The Prince of Tides (1991)

Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

Raise the Red Lantern (1992)

Like Water for Chocolate (1992)

My Cousin Vinny (1992)

Searching for Bobby Fisher (1993)

The Age of Innocence (1993)

The Joy Luck Club (1993)

Queen Margot (1994)

Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)

Clueless (1995)

Get Shorty (1995)

Richard III (1995)

L. A. Confidential (1997)

Wag the Dog (1997)

Dick (1999)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

Frequency (2000)

Bedazzled (2000)

A Beautiful Mind (2001)

Amélie (2001)

Frida (2002)

The Quiet American (2002)

The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)

Rabbit Proof Fence (2003)

Big Fish (2003)

Seabiscuit (2003)

The Aviator (2004)

Dear Frankie (2005)

Charlie Wilson's War (2006)

Ratatouille (2006)

The Lives of Others (2006)

Juno (2006)

Tell No One (2006)

The Kite Runner (2006)

Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Bottle Shock (2008)

The Hangover (2009)

Departures (2009)

500 Days of Summer (2009)

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2010)

Midnight in Paris (2011)

Buck (2011)

Anonymous (2011)

Game of Thrones Series (2011-2019)

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2012)

Ruby Sparks (2012)

Much Ado About Nothing (2013)

Shetland (2013-2021)

2 States (2014)

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

Bosch (TV Series) (2014-2021)

Outlander (TV Series) (2014-2020)

’’Love & Friendship’’(2016)

'Coco (2017)

'Tully (2018)

On the Basis of Sex (2018)

Knives Out (2019)

Yesterday (2019)