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Author:
Oropeza, Lorena, 1964- author.
Title:
The king of adobe : Reies López Tijerina, lost prophet of the Chicano movement / Lorena Oropeza.
Publisher:
The University of North Carolina Press,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
xii, 374 pages ; 25 cm
Subject:
Tijerina, Reies.
Tijerina, Reies.
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.
1900-1999
Biography.
History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The king of kings -- The prophet -- The Mexican -- The patriarch -- The evangelist -- The American -- The Indo-hispano -- The gunslinger -- The Chicano -- The martyr.
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" -- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
146965329X
9781469653297
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1089268809
LCCN:
2019009781
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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