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An edition of The autobiography of a brown buffalo (1972)

The autobiography of a brown buffalo

1st Vintage Books ed.

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Before his mysterious disappearance and probable death in 1971, Oscar Zeta Acosta was famous as a Robin Hood Chicano layer and notorious as the real-life model for Hunter S. Thompson's "Dr. Gonzo," a fat, pugnacious attorney with a gargantuan appetite for food, drugs, and life on the edge.

Written with uninhibited candor and manic energy, this book is Acosta's own account of coming of age as a Chicano in the psychedelic sixties, of taking on impossible cases while breaking all tile rules of courtroom conduct, and of scrambling headlong in search of a personal and cultural identity. It is a landmark of contemporary Hispanic-American literature, at once ribald, surreal, and unmistakably authentic.

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Publisher
Vintage Books
Language
English
Pages
204

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Subjects

Biography, Ethnic identity, History, Mexican Americans, Popular culture, West (u.s.), biography, Popular culture, united states, Political activists, Ethnicity

People

Oscar Zeta Acosta

Places

United States, West (U.S.)

Times

20th century
Edition Availability
Cover of: Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo
Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo
2018, Tangerine Press
in English
Cover of: The autobiography of a brown buffalo
The autobiography of a brown buffalo
1989, Vintage Books
in English - 1st Vintage Books ed.
Cover of: The autobiography of a brown buffalo.
The autobiography of a brown buffalo.
1972, Straight Arrow Books
in English

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Edition Notes

Reprint. Originally published: San Francisco : Straight Arrow Books, 1972.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
978/.0046872/0092, B
Library of Congress
CT275.A186 A3 1989, CT275.A186A3 1989

The Physical Object

Pagination
204 p. ;
Number of pages
204

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL2060887M
ISBN 10
0679722130
LCCN
88040356
OCLC/WorldCat
19130752
Library Thing
29156
Goodreads
197451

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL2949861W

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