Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2007. 1^st edition. 501 pages. Hardcover with dustjacket. Both are in FINE condition.

Santa Anna is one of the most famous – or depending upon one’s point of view, infamous – figures in Mexican history. Drawing on seventeen years of research, Fowler provides new insights into Santa Anna and his activities that produces a balanced prospective. Santa Anna was President of Mexico six times and has been routinely depicted as a traitor, turncoat or tyrant; in summary, the cause of all Mexican misfortunes since it gained independence from Spain. This biography makes the case that Santa Anna has been misrepresented.