El Coyote, the rebel /
Perez, Luis, 1904-1962,
El Coyote, the rebel / Luis Perez ; introduction by Lauro Flores. - 1 online resource (xxxiv, 164 pages) : illustrations. - Pioneers of modern U.S. Hispanic literature Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project publication. . - Pioneers of modern U.S. Hispanic literature Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project publication. .
First published: New York : Henry Holt, 1947.
Includes bibliographical references (page xxx).
El Coyote, the Rebel, originally published in 1947, tells how the toddler Luis, son of an Aztec mother and a French diplomat father, ended up in the care of an uncle who soon drank away most of the boy's inheritance. Having run away from cruel treatment, Luis by chance came to fight with the rebel armies in the 1910 Mexican Revolution, received the nickname of El Coyote for his cunning, and was wounded in combat. Upon being given a discharge and a twenty-dollar bill, he walked across the border to become an American and the beginning of a new tomorrow.
9781611921328 1611921325
Perez, Luis, 1904-1962 --Childhood and youth.
Mexican Americans--Biography.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Biography.
San Luis Potosí (Mexico)--Biography.
Mexico--History--Revolution, 1910-1920--Personal narratives.
Electronic books.
E184.M5 eBook
El Coyote, the rebel / Luis Perez ; introduction by Lauro Flores. - 1 online resource (xxxiv, 164 pages) : illustrations. - Pioneers of modern U.S. Hispanic literature Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project publication. . - Pioneers of modern U.S. Hispanic literature Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project publication. .
First published: New York : Henry Holt, 1947.
Includes bibliographical references (page xxx).
El Coyote, the Rebel, originally published in 1947, tells how the toddler Luis, son of an Aztec mother and a French diplomat father, ended up in the care of an uncle who soon drank away most of the boy's inheritance. Having run away from cruel treatment, Luis by chance came to fight with the rebel armies in the 1910 Mexican Revolution, received the nickname of El Coyote for his cunning, and was wounded in combat. Upon being given a discharge and a twenty-dollar bill, he walked across the border to become an American and the beginning of a new tomorrow.
9781611921328 1611921325
Perez, Luis, 1904-1962 --Childhood and youth.
Mexican Americans--Biography.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Biography.
San Luis Potosí (Mexico)--Biography.
Mexico--History--Revolution, 1910-1920--Personal narratives.
Electronic books.
E184.M5 eBook
