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From the Western & Civil War Research/reference library of Jerry Crandall
Bandido The Life and Times of Tiburcio Vasquez
By John Boessenecker
Condition; very good, hard cover
University of Oklahoma Press, Signed to Judy and Jerry by author Boessenecker, see photos
In an era when most Hispanics were largely disenfranchised, often deprived of basic civil liberties, and able to obtain only the most menial labor, rightly or wrongly Vasquez came to symbolize their struggle for social justice. In death his legend grew even larger and to many Hispanic Americans, Tiburcio Vasquez remains a powerful symbol of their ongoing struggle for ethnic, social, political and economic equality. From dusty court records, forgotten memoirs and moldering newspaper archives, the author draws a story of violence, banditry and retribution on the early California frontier that is as accurate as it is colorful. Many new photos are published here for the first time.
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