About.com: Profile of Pancho Villa
An interesting biography about this revolutionary folk hero. The Assassination of Pancho Villa
Who did it? Why was Villa assassinated after he had already retired? This article gives some background to the assassination and includes photos.
The Chihuahua Paper Money of General Villa, 1913-1915
When Pancho Villa was leader of the Division of the North, working for Carranza to defeat Huerta, Carranza didn't send enough money to Villa to pay his soldiers. Not willing to have his soldiers just take from the local citizens, Villa decided to print his own money. This site offers the history surrounding this decision plus examples of the various paper and coins created during this period. The Handbook of Texas Online: Pancho Villa
A very short overview of Pancho Villa's life, mostly just dates. In Pursuit of Pancho Villa, 1916-1917
This is a fantastic article that explains why Pancho Villa attacked the U.S. as well as gives vibrant descriptions of Villa's attack on Columbus, New Mexico and of Pershing's military expedition into Mexico in search of Villa. Interview with Villa's Adopted Son
Did Pancho Villa really stomp around with the "footsteps of a titan"? Did everyone in his group always wear a pistol? Did he like ostentatious things? What happened after he was shot in the knee in 1916? In this 1976 interview, Pancho Villa's adopted son and right-hand man, Francisco Pinon Carvajal, answers these questions and more. Jaime's Pancho Villa Site
This is a great, simple site to start learning about Pancho Villa. The text is broken up into short chapters and accompanied by interesting photographs. Mexican Civil War
A very simple, short explanation of the feud between Villa and Carranza and how Obregon was able to defeat Villa. The Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa
A very nice, short biography that suggests a flow between sharecropper, bandit, revolutionary, and hacienda owner. Personal History of Villa and Its Effects on Mexican History
A look at how Pancho Villa's ideology was formed from his boyhood experiences and how Villa tried a version of agrarian reform on his own hacienda when he retired from being a revolutionary leader.
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