Oscar Zeta Acosta was an American attorney, activist, and author. His semi-autobiographical novels, The Revolt of the Cockroach People and *The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo
Oscar "Zeta" Acosta
Oscar "Zeta" Acosta
Synopsis
This collection brings together previously unpublished stories, essays, letters, poems, and a teleplay by Oscar "Zeta" Acosta, the influential Chicano attorney, activist, and writer. Written between the early 1960s and his disappearance in 1974, these works reveal Acosta's various identities: a leader grappling with identity, a self-proclaimed Robin Hood for Mexican Americans, and a wanderer who joined Hunter S. Thompson in his quest for the American Dream. The book offers a complete look at a key figure in the Chicano Movement, known as "the Brown Buffalo.
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Oscar "Zeta" AcostaProtagonist
Hunter S. ThompsonSupporting
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Edition
Oscar "Zeta" AcostaPaperback, 1996
312 pages
Arte Público PressLanguage: EnglishISBN: 9781558850996
