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In this exhilarating sequel to The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo, Acosta takes us behind the front lines of the militant Chicano movement of the late sixties and early seventies, a movement he served both in the courtroom and on the barricades. Here are the brazen games of "chicken" Aco...

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Main Author: Acosta, Oscar Zeta (Author)
Other Authors: Acosta, Marco Federico Manuel (writer of afterword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Vintage Books, 1989.
Edition:First Vintage Books edition.
Subjects:
Acosta, Oscar Zeta.
Mexican Americans > California > Los Angeles > Biography.
Mexican Americans > California > Los Angeles > Ethnic identity.
Mexican Americans > California > Los Angeles > Politics and government.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Biography.
Américains d'origine mexicaine > Californie > Los Angeles > Biographies.
Américains d'origine mexicaine > Identité ethnique > Californie > Los Angeles.
Mexicano-americanos > California > Los Angeles.
Mexican Americans.
Mexican Americans > Ethnic identity.
Mexican Americans > Politics and government.
California > Los Angeles.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
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Summary:In this exhilarating sequel to The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo, Acosta takes us behind the front lines of the militant Chicano movement of the late sixties and early seventies, a movement he served both in the courtroom and on the barricades. Here are the brazen games of "chicken" Acosta played against the Anglo legal establishment; battles fought with bombs as well as writs; and a reluctant hero who faces danger not only from the police but from the vatos locos he champions. What emerges is at once an important political document of a genuine popular uprising and a revealing, hilarious, and moving personal saga.
Item Description:Reprint. Originally published: San Francisco : Straight Arrow Books, 1973.
Physical Description:262 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
ISBN:0679722122
9780679722120