The little tigress : tales out of the dust of old Mexico / Wallace Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Wallace, 1888-1937, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manners and customs.

Mexico--Social life and customs--20th century--Fiction.

Mexico.

Genre:

Historical fiction.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

209 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Mineola, New York : Dover Publications, 2017.

Summary:

"Reporter, author, artist, and screenwriter Wallace Smith (1888-1937) served as the Washington correspondent for the Chicago American for over a decade, and originated the paper's Joe Blow comic panel feature. Reputed to have been one of the most colorful characters to have worked for the Hearst newspapers, he switched back and forth between cartooning and reporting, covering subjects as diverse as the criminal trials of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Pancho Villa's Mexican campaigns. Smith's experiences as an eyewitness to the armed struggles of the Mexican Revolution during the 1910s and '20s inspired these remarkable stories. They begin with the title tale of a soldadera, one of the many women who abandoned their conventional roles to fight in the revolution. Populated by soldiers, bandits, and peasants, these tales of love, treachery, courage, and adventure are illustrated by the author's atmospheric drawings from his field sketchbook"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"The little tigress: tales out of the dust of old Mexico, first published by Dover Publications, Inc., in 2017, is an unabridged republication of the work originally published in 1923 as The little tigress: tales out of the dust of Mexico by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York. This book is being reprinted exactly as it was published to preserve the consistency of the original edition and its historical context, which includes some regrettable, potentially offensive elements"--Title page verso.

Other Edition:

Reproduction of: Smith, Wallace, 1888-1937. New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1923

ISBN:

9780486809052

0486809056

OCLC:

946462606

Online:

Contributor biographical information

Publisher description