From: george.kincaid@worldnet.att.net   
      
   Thanks. I'll check those out.   
   "Al B. Traus"  wrote in message   
   news:4270ee07@nntp.zianet.com...   
   > In article <7sUbe.658194$w62.246356@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,   
   > george.kincaid@worldnet.att.net says...   
   >   
   >>Thank you. The term cowboys has changed through time, then, too-from thief   
   >>to folk hero. So there were border raids from Mexico into Texas. I heard   
   >>of   
   >>Villa's raid's in the 1910s, but that was part of a long pattern then.   
   >>Interesting set of relationships down there.   
   >   
   > It's comparing apples to oranges to speak of cross-border   
   > raids that were for the purpose of "stealing" one another's   
   > cattle vs the revolutionary events involving Pancho Villa.   
   >   
   > Villa was certainly a "mercenary" and depending on your   
   > historic reference, either a bandit akin to "Robin Hood"   
   > or a politically motivated rebel fighting for his beliefs.   
   >   
   > There are several good "fun to read" books that bear   
   > a fairly good resemblance to the truth. I mention them   
   > because they are easy to read, have a plot, and are   
   > by authors who have earned respect with their writing.   
   > For someone looking for an introduction to life on the   
   > USA/Mexican border in the last century, they will give   
   > a fairly representative picture.   
   >   
   > Cormac McCarthy tops my list with his "Border Trilogy" series.   
   > And of course just about everyone knows of Larry McMurtry   
   > and his various cowboy books, topped by "Lonesome Dove."   
   > And one of my favorites, "Tom Mix and Pancho Villa" by   
   > Clifford Irving.   
   >   
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