With shelves upon shelves of books about the Mexican Revolution in both Spanish and English, it would seem that one more would be unnecessary. But, half a century has passed since the last viable Orozco biography and Raymond Caballero gives an interesting “profile” in Orozco: The Life and Death of a Mexican Revolutionary (University of Oklahoma Press, $34.95).
The author presents information that permits the reader to understand why Orozco deserted the revolutionary ideals (if he ever had them) and became seen as a pariah for eventually supporting and accepting the support of the old Porfirio oligarchy.
— Courtesy Library of Congress —
What may be of particular interest to readers is his analysis of the influence of the Protestant ideology on the Orozco clan; the role of the obviously psychotic Gonzalo Enrile; and, the analysis of numerous versions of the death/assassination/shooting of Orozco on U.S. territory.
Caballero also provides a description of the ambience north of the border and the actions by Americans which could support or destroy revolutionaries and their movements.
—Salomé Hernández, Spanish Borderlands historian.
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