The Underdogs (1915) (edit title/settings)

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• Demetrio Macias: Protagonist. Local outlaw hero who joins the Revolution only to become disillusioned.
• Francisco ‘Pancho’ Villa: (1878-1923) From obscurity, he rose to prominence during the Madero revolt of 1910-1911 as a supporter of Francisco Madero. He achieved his greatest fame after the death of Madero when he joined the Constitutionalist rebels to remove Victoriano Huerta from power in 1914. As commander of the Division of the North, Villa achieved spectacular victories against Federal forces and caused the collapse of the Huerta government. In this book, Villa is at the height of his career. He brings his army to capture the city of Zacatecas.
• Pánfilo Natera: Local revolutionary leader in the state of Zacatecas. He befriends Demetrio Macias and makes him a general in his army.
• Camilla: Add a description of this character.
• Blondie
• Pancracio
• Venancio
• Valderrama
• Curro
• Manteca
• Anastasio Montanez
• Natera
• Margarito
• Monico
• Huerta
• Solis
• Don Monico
• Carranza
• Codorni
• Anastasio Montafiez
• Maria Antonia
• Luis Cervantes
• Remigia

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Zacatecas
• Aguascalientes
• Chihuahua
• Remigia
• Moyahua
• Juchipila
• Pintada

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Mariano Azuela (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. J. C. Orozco (Illustrator)
2. Sergio Gabriel Waisman (Translator)
3. E. Munguia, Jr. (Translator)
4. Harriet Onis (Foreword)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: PQ7297.A9 L613
• Dewey: 863.62

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• Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › Untranslated › Spanish
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Foreign Language Fiction › Spanish
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Historical
• Books › Nonfiction › Foreign Language Nonfiction › Spanish
• Books › History › Americas › Mexico
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Literary

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• Wikipedia Article: The Underdogs (Spanish: Los de abajo) is a novel of the Mexican Revolution by Mariano Azuela. It was originally published in serial form in the newspaper El Paso del Norte in 1915. The book tells us the story of peasant Demetrio Macías, who becomes the enemy of a local cacique (leader, or important person) in his town, and so has to abandon his family when the government soldiers (Federales) come looking for him.
• Book Review: This novel is described in several places as a classic of modern Hispanic literature and it really is a powerful book. Since it's appearance it has been published in more than 27 editions and in several languages. The first edition of this novel, published in installments in El Universal Illustrado, a Mexico City magazine in 1924, bore the subtitle: "Sketches and Scenes of the Mexican Revolution." And it does have an episodic quality, rather than being a long continuous narrative. It doesn't attempt to encompass the entire Revolution but, rather, it concentrates on a handful of meaningful encounters throughout, both in battle and in conversations between the various players in the struggle.