War on the Border: Villa, Pershing, the Texas Rangers, and an American Invasion Free Audiobook Download by Jeff Guinn

In 1915, Mexico had a war on its borders. The country was convulsed with revolution and plunged into turmoil as the United States took it over. The border region was no exception, nor were the people there any less likely to fight for their land. As this American invasion mounted, the legendary Villa and the Texas Rangers waged an epic war against one another. Villa rode his horses across the Rio Grande from Mexico to seize control of Texas territory that he then bid to keep from US invaders.

From the Civil War to World War II, frontier America was a battleground where skirmishes often ended in pitched battles and chaos. In this audiobook download, Jeff Guinn, author of The Battle that Forged Modern America: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive of World War I, looks at one such battle - the Battle of the West Texas Customs District. On April 12, 1871, United States troops had been sent to the Laredo area of Texas by President Ulysses S. Grant in order to protect Mexican nationals living in the area and prevent violence from occurring between residents of both countries.

In 1919, a major disagreement in Texas between the rangers and Villa led to an armed skirmish known as the Battle of Columbus. The two sides clashed on March 9, and Villa walked away with a victory. In 1920, the US Army invaded Mexico to arrest Villa's men and capture him. This battle led US troops into Mexico for eight months under the orders of General John J. Pershing, who became infamous as the "One-Armed General."

In 1913, the US Border Patrol organized a raid on a ranch of suspected Mexican smugglers near Douglas, Arizona. Led by an American military officer, Villa and Pershing led a force of 1,500 men in pursuit of the Mexicans. The chase lasted for three days and ended in a bloody slaughter that would have long-reaching repercussions for the international relations between Mexico and America. Jeff Guinn's audio book War on the Border: Villa, Pershing, Texas Rangers, and an American Invasion is told through primary sources from both sides of the border telling their personal stories about this landmark event.

In an astonishing narrative of the most sensational event in American history, Jeff Guinn tells the story of a battle between Villa's rebels and the United States Army that took place in Mexico. In 1914, Pancho Villa led twenty-five hundred men across the Rio Grande into the state of Texas to depose President Carranza and install himself as president. Led by General John J. Pershing, the U.S. Army set up camp at Columbus, New Mexico, on the outskirts of town.