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 | El Cinco de Mayo: An American Tradition by David Hayes-Bautista Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2012 ISBN-10: 0-520-27213-7 / 0520272137 ISBN-13: 978-0-520-27213-2 / 9780520272132 Why is Cinco de Mayo - a holiday commemorating a Mexican victory over the French at Puebla in 1862 - so widely celebrated in California and across the United States, when it is scarcely observed in Mexico? As David E. Hayes-Bautista explains, the holiday is not Mexican at all, but rather an American | |