Máximo Castillo with war correspondent Gonzalo A. Rivera

The General Máximo Castillo photographed with the war correspondent James Hare from Collier's magazine, in front of the "Casa de Adobe"

The book:

Máximo Castillo and the Mexican Revolution, is the recently released English translation of the memoirs of General Máximo Castillo of Chihuahua, a pivotal and passionate leader in the civil war that consumed Mexico between 1910 and 1920, he emerged as an influential figure in the Mexican Revolution fighting for land reform before being imprisoned, and then exiled to Cuba. During his captivity, General Máximo Castillo wrote his memoirs of triumph and the unfortunate set backs.