Juan de Dios Bojórquez lived during the Revolution of 1910. He knew many of its figures. In his Forjadores de la revolución mexicana he recalls them. There are thumbnail sketches of forty leading revolutionary leaders. Among them are Obregón, Madero, Carranza, and Zapata; the author adds nothing new to what is known of them. While his portraits of lesser-known figures are in the same style, Dios Bojórquez has assembled miniature biographies of men whose life sketches are not readily available. There are sketches of Basilio Vadillo, Pastor Rouaix, Benjamin G. Hill, Ramón López Velarde, and others in this category. The author offers a source-book, almost in dictionary form, of them.
Dios Bojórquez worshipped Madero and Carranza. Revolutionary figures of like politics come out well; Zapatistas and others suffer. The heroes are selfless men, always praised uncritically. Dios Bojórquez has written for the layman, and particularly for the nationalistic Mexican; this is not a book for experts on the Revolution.
