Edgcumb Pinchon, who was born in 1883, was an American author of a number of books, including The Mexican People and their Struggle for Freedom (1914), Life Among Hollywood’s “Extr...view moreEdgcumb Pinchon, who was born in 1883, was an American author of a number of books, including The Mexican People and their Struggle for Freedom (1914), Life Among Hollywood’s “Extra” Girls (1928), and Viva Villa! A Recovery of the Real Pancho Villa, Peon, Bandit, Soldier, Patriot (1933).
His 1941 publication Zapata, the Unconquerable was a source book for renowned author John Steinbeck in writing the screenplay for Viva Zapata!, the famous 1952 biographical film starring Marlon Brando and, in an Academy Award-winning performance, Anthony Quinn.view less