Schemers and Dreamers – Filibustering in Mexico, 1848–1921 by Stout, Joseph A.;

Filibustering in Mexico, 1848-1921

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Product details:

Edition number New
Publisher MP–TCU TCU Press
Date of Publication 6 May 2002
Number of Volumes Hardback

ISBN 9780875652580
Binding Hardback
No. of pages278 pages
Size 236x163x19 mm
Weight 385 g
Language English
Illustrations 14 b&w illustrations

Short description:

In the mid-19th century, various groups formed north of the border to invade Mexico. They were called filibusters. The Mexican government saw these invasions as a threat to sovereignty. In this book, Joseph A. Stout focuses on the more elusive members of these groups.

Long description:

In the mid-nineteenth century various groups formed north of the border to invade Mexico. They were called filibusters (from the Dutch vribuiter, 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 entradas 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. There 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. Many 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 Jose Maria Carvajal took his chances in Tamaulipas and Coahuila, and Charles de Pindray plotted to establish a mining colony in Sonora. Juan Napoleon 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.

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