JUAREZ’S PLAZA: MONUMENTAL BULL RING-Sunday July 26th, 1959 de [PATRICIA McCormick]

Juarez, Mexico: np, 1959. Pamphlet. First edition. 5 x 9 inches. Single sheet folded to make 4 pages. Horizontal crease. Mild soiling to left bottom corner, else very good. No holdings in Wordcat; no copies in trade (2013). McCormick was an American female bullfighter and is considered to be the first American woman to fight bulls professionally in Mexico. Throughout her decade-long career, she fought in 300 corridas throughout Mexico and Venezuela. Six times bulls gored her, once so seriously that a priest administered last rites. In the Spring of 2007, The Heritage Museum at Big Spring, Texas, opened a permanent exhibit in her honor.