The other side; or, Notes for the history of the war between Mexico and the United States. Written in Mexico. [Editors: Ramon Alcaraz and others] Translated from the Spanish and edited with notes by Albert C. Ramsey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alcaraz, Ramón.

Contributor:

Ramsey, Albert C., translator.

Series:

Burt Franklin research & source works series ; 450.

American classics in history and social science ; 112.

Burt Franklin research & source works series, 450

American classics in history & social science, 112

Standardized Title:

Apuntes para la historia de la guerra entre México y los Estados-Unidos. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Mexican War, 1846-1848.

Mexico--History--1821-1861.

Mexico.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 458 pages folded maps, portraits 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, B. Franklin [1970]

Summary:

One word more must be added for the American reader. The horrors and ravages of war are herein portrayed with a vividness which our style of composition seldom allows. The peculiar delicacy of feeling, and the refined sensibility, so decidedly feminine in the Mexican character, have given them a pro-eminence over some others in this species of delineation. They, therefore, indulge in it, not drawing from their imagination, but from memory, to give life and truth to the picture. At the outset, therefore, it must be declared, to prevent a misconception of many passages, that this work has no fancy in it whatever. It is purely fact, and fact too well known, in sorrow, some times, to the whole American army. The poetical descrip tions have the additional charm of being no less true than beautiful. The chapter on the abandonment of Tampico is the only article in which there is much of the prevailing style in Mexican political disquisitions. Its literary merit is in its being a fair specimen of the prolific partisan press of that country, and will, no doubt, suffice for the curiosity of strangers. The other portions of the book are on a far higher and much more unusual standard. Amazon

Notes:

Reprint of the 1850 ed.

Translation of Apuntes para la historia de la guerra entre México y los Estados-Unidos.

Local Notes:

The Balch Institute Library and Archives.

Other Format:

Online version: Alcaraz, Ramón. Apuntes para la historia de la guerra entre México y los Estados-Unidos. English. Other side.

OCLC:

87192