Tracking King Tiger : Reies Lopez Tijerina and the FBI /

Tracking King Tiger : Reies Lopez Tijerina and the FBI /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Gutiérrez, José Angel, author.
Imprint:	East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2019]
Description:	xxxv, 416 pages ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Latinos in the United States series Latinos in the United States series.
Subject:	Tijerina, Reies. Tijerina, Reies. Alianza Federal de las Mercedes. United States. -- Federal Bureau of Investigation -- History -- 20th century. Alianza Federal de las Mercedes. United States. -- Federal Bureau of Investigation. Mexican Americans -- New Mexico -- Biography. Civil rights workers -- New Mexico -- Biography. Fugitives from justice -- United States -- Biography. Chicano movement -- New Mexico -- History. Land grants -- New Mexico -- History. Mexican Americans -- Land tenure -- New Mexico -- History -- 20th century. Chicano movement. Civil rights workers. Ethnic relations. Fugitives from justice. Land grants. Mexican Americans. Mexican Americans -- Land tenure. New Mexico -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century. New Mexico. United States. Biographies. History.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11966594

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ISBN:	9781611863352 161186335X 9781609176129 9781628953756 9781628963762
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"This book explores the life of Reies Lopez Tijerina, with a particular focus on the FBI's treatment of him and his family"--

Table of 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.