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Author:
Acosta, Oscar Zeta  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource (165 pages)
Type:
Electronic resources
Electronic books
Date:
2013
Notes:
Elecresource
Library purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center. La biblioteca recibi©đ apoyo federal del Fondo de Iniciativas Latinas, administrado por el Centro Latino Smithsonian.
Summary:
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 la
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Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1156880