About the Author

Joseph A. Stout Jr. was a professor of history at Oklahoma State University until he retired in 2005. He has written or edited fourteen books and more than thirty articles on the American Southwest and Mexico. Among his many publications are two recent books published by the TCU Press: Border Conflict: Villistas, Carrancistas, and the Punitive Expedition, 1915–1920 and Schemers and Dreamers: Filibustering in Mexico, 1848–1921.