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Title: El Acapulco War Cry, Vol. 1, No. 1. - Rare spoof on the Mexican Revolution Author: ** Place: Aboard the U.S.S. South Dakota Publisher: Date: May 2, 1914 Description: Spoof newspaper probably printed aboard the USS South Dakota during the US occupation of Veracruz. 4 pages, approximately 8x6¼". After years of revolutionary violence and civil war in Mexico, on April 14, 1914, President Wilson ordered the US Atlantic Fleet to occupy the city of Veracruz, to protect American citizens on the oil-rich southeastern coast of the country. Meanwhile, the USS South Dakota, an armored cruiser with 800 officers and men, and carrying a Marine Regiment and two companies of troops, sailed from California for Mexican waters, preparing for a second possible landing on Mexico's west coast. After leaving the Marines at Mazatlan, the ship sailed for Acapulco, dropping anchor there on April 28, awaiting an invasion which never came, as tensions between Mexico and the US soon eased. Apparently, some officers of the Dakota, while cooling their heels in Acapulco harbor, "published" this "newspaper", spoofing how Mexican Revolutionaries - many of whom, in fact, deeply resented the American incursion - might react to the "Gringos" invasion of their country. Written with brutal sarcasm and ridicule, El Acapulco War Cry imagines the Mexicans inventing propaganda claiming the destruction of the warship and its "Yankee pigs" by "heroic soldados". Probably the only issue of this spoof - and possibly the only surviving copy of the imprint. The Library of Congress catalogue has no mention of this title. Lot Amendments Condition: Creased; very good. Item number: 222496