Fact or Fiction??
Characters like Abuelita, Marietta, and Adeline are fictional but were inspired by stories of people I heard about from my mother and grandmother, from interviews and letters I came across in my research, and from personal observations, but there are four names mentioned in the book who are real people.
Francisco Madero: A rich hacendado from northern Mexico who sympathized with the poor
Porfirio Díaz: dictator of Mexico for over 30 years.
General Francisco “Pancho” Villa: an ally to Madero, led rebel forces in the north
General Victoriano Huerta: a general during Porfirio Diaz’s reign who later betrayed Madero