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Transcript: Pancho Villa
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- NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday
- Article date:
- November 15, 1998
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LIANE HANSEN, HOST: This is NPR's WEEKEND EDITION. I'm Liane Hansen.
To some, he was the epitome of the bloodthirsty bandit. To others,
he was a revolutionary, a national hero.
Pancho Villa was born 120 years ago, and his name is still on the
lips of those who live in both Mexico and the United States.
Historian Douglas Brinkley remembers the man and the legend.
DOUGLAS BRINKLEY, AMERICAN STUDIES PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS;
WEEKEND EDITION HISTORY COMMENTATOR: It's impossible to meander along
the Rio Grande River without hearing tall tales about the Revolutionary
exploits of Pancho Villa.
In Texas' Big Bend National Park, a ranger claims ...