The king of adobe : Reies López Tijerina, lost prophet of the Chicano movement / Lorena Oropeza

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Oropeza, Lorena, 1964- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2019]Description: 1 online resource (xii, 374 pages) : illustrations, mapContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781469653310
1469653311
9781469653303
1469653303

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: King of adobe.DDC classification:

323.092 23

LOC classification:

E184.M5 O767 2019eb

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Contents:

The king of kings -- The prophet -- The Mexican -- The patriarch -- The evangelist -- The American -- The Indo-Hispano -- The gunslinger -- The Chicano -- The martyr -- Epilogue.

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

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Includes bibliographical references and index

The king of kings -- The prophet -- The Mexican -- The patriarch -- The evangelist -- The American -- The Indo-Hispano -- The gunslinger -- The Chicano -- The martyr -- Epilogue.

"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

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