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The king of adobe : Reies López Tijerina, lost prophet of the Chicano movement
- Title
- The king of adobe : Reies López Tijerina, lost prophet of the Chicano movement / Lorena Oropeza.
- Author
- Oropeza, Lorena, 1964-
- Publication
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2019]
- ©2019
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 20-138 | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121 |
Details
- Description
- xii, 374 pages : illustrations, map; 25 cm
- Summary
- "The King of Adobe offers a fresh and unvarnished look at the life of Reies López Tijerina (1926-2015), one of the most controversial, criticized, and misunderstood Chicano Movement leaders of the 1960s. Directly addressing allegations of anti-Semitism, accusations of sexual abuse, as well as evidence of extreme religiosity and possible mental illness, the book captures the life a man who changed our understanding of the American West"--
- Subject
- Tijerina, Reies
- 1900-1999
- Mexican Americans > Biography
- Political activists > United States > History > 20th century > Biography
- Civil rights workers > United States > History > 20th century > Biography
- Chicano movement > History
- Chicano movement
- Civil rights workers
- Mexican Americans
- Political activists
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- The king of kings -- The prophet -- The Mexican -- The patriarch -- The evangelist -- The American -- The Indo-Hispano -- The gunslinger -- The Chicano -- The martyr -- Epilogue.
- Call Number
- JFE 20-138
- ISBN
- 9781469653297
- 146965329X
- LCCN
- 2019009781
- 40029373649
- OCLC
- 1089268809
- Author
- Oropeza, Lorena, 1964- author.
- Title
- The king of adobe : Reies López Tijerina, lost prophet of the Chicano movement / Lorena Oropeza.
- Publisher
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2019]
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40029373649
- Research Call Number
- JFE 20-138