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Tracking King Tiger : Reies Lopez Tijerina and the FBI / José Angel Gutiérrez.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Gutiérrez, José Angel, author.
Series:
Latinos in the United States series.
Latinos in the United States series
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Mexican Americans--New Mexico--Biography.
Mexican Americans.
Civil rights workers--New Mexico--Biography.
Civil rights workers.
Fugitives from justice--United States--Biography.
Fugitives from justice.
Chicano movement--New Mexico--History.
Chicano movement.
Land grants--New Mexico--History.
Land grants.
Mexican Americans--Land tenure--New Mexico--History--20th century.
New Mexico--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.
New Mexico.
Alianza Federal de las Mercedes.
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation--History--20th century.
United States.
Tijerina, Reies.
Physical Description:
1 online resource : illustrations
Place of Publication:
East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2019]
Summary:
"This book explores the life of Reies Lopez Tijerina, with a particular focus on the FBI's treatment of him and his family"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Introduction: Who was Reies Lopez Tijerina?
The years as a fugitive
No apology, no compensation!
Citizen's arrest
The war against Tijerina
Poor Peoples Campaign
Local police and Hoover's hand
Tim Chapa : the informant
The prison years
Mexico : love it and leave it.
Notes:
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (EBSCO, viewed on October 7, 2020).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
1-62895-375-6
1-60917-612-X

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