Search Details

Word: charro (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...could have have explained the urgency of his followers' needs. But such an unraveling of the misunderstanding never took place because Zapata, the excellent guerrilla tactician, was unable to wheel and deal at conferences. He bucked himself up for his important meeting with Pancho Villa by masquerading as part charro, an elegant cowboy, and part gypsy, rings and scarves and a lavender shirt. All through the meeting, Zapata hardly spoke. Glowering and slumped in the official photograph, he looked less like the "Attila of the South" than like a poor village president who had been brought up before the bigwigs...

Author: By Carter Wilson, | Title: Zapata and the Mexican Revolution | 3/19/1969 | See Source »

First | | 1 | | Last