The Battle of Churubusco
Subtitle: American rebels in the Mexican-American War
By: Andrea Ferraris ; translator, Jamie Richards
Contributors: Richards, Jamie, translator
Publisher: Fantagraphics
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9781683960577
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Campaigns; Churubusco, Battle of, Mexico City, Mexico, 1847; Mexican War, 1846-1848; Comic books, strips
Work titles: Churubusco
Description: "A soldier under fire faces a crisis of conscience in this remarkable work of historical graphic fiction. In 1847, Mexican suburb Churubusco was the stronghold of the San Patricios, a motley battalion of soldiers--even some runaway American slaves--who deserted the United States army for a just, if suicidal, cause. In this graphic novel, Ferraris tells their story through the eyes of Gaetano Rizzo (based on a real soldier). A twenty-two-year-old Sicilian immigrant, he is promised citizenship and a parcel of land if he will fight to take California away from Mexico. Soon, he sees the cruelty he is being ordered to inflict is no different from what he had escaped from"--Back cover.
Notes: Ranslation from the Italian of: Churubusco.