{"product_id":"schemers-and-dreamers-filibustering-in-mexico-1848-1921-hardcover","title":"Schemers and Dreamers: Filibustering in Mexico, 1848-1921 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoseph A. Stout\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the mid-nineteenth century various groups formed north of the border to invade Mexico. They were called filibusters (from the Dutch \u003ci\u003evribuiter\u003c\/i\u003e, meaning pirate or free booty). The Mexican government saw these invasions as a threat to sovereignty. To Mexico it was significant that the groups recruited, organized, and plotted their \u003ci\u003eentradas\u003c\/i\u003e from the United States in full view of the U.S. government even as newspapers in both countries published dozens of articles about the endeavors. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere were many types of filibusters, from small groups of cutthroats who were satisfied with raiding and stealing, to those whose goal was to conquer territory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany names of the privateers are familiar--William Walker and Henry Alexander Crabb, for instance. Others remain elusive, and they are the focus of Joseph A. Stout Jr.'s book. In the mid-nineteenth century Jos  Mar a Carvajal took his chances in Tamaulipas and Coahuila, and Charles de Pindray plotted to establish a mining colony in Sonora. Juan Napole n Zerman had the audacity to raise a small army and invade Baja California wearing an absurd uniform capped off with a sombrero decorated with chicken feathers. None of the filibusters were successful and many men lost their lives in chimeric escapades along the border.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoseph A. Stout Jr., a professor of history at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, is the author of \u003ci\u003eBorder Conflict: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eVillistas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarrancistas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e and the Punitive Expedition, 1915\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e1920\u003c\/i\u003e, published by TCU Press in 1999.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 148\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 9.3 x 6.42 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 06, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52630896410931,"sku":"9780875652580","price":37.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/XWaY5dmd9J9780875652580.webp?v=1762167317","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/schemers-and-dreamers-filibustering-in-mexico-1848-1921-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}