Tracking King Tiger
Reies Lopez Tijerina and the FBI
Published on 1. November 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
460 pages
978-1-61186-335-2 (ISBN)
Description
Reies Lopez Tijerina, one of the Four Horsemen of the Chicano Movement, led the land grant struggle by Hispanos in the 1960s to recover the lands granted to their ancestors by Spain and Mexico and then guaranteed by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. In his struggle, Tijerina became the target of local and state law enforcement officials in New Mexico and the FBI nationwide. Jose Angel Gutierrez meticulously examines thousands of pages of FBI documents, interview transcripts, newspaper reports, and other written accounts on Tijerina and the Alianza Federal de Pueblos Libres, the organization of land grant claimants led by Tijerina in New Mexico. The primary source materials that document the U.S. government's attempts to destroy Tijerina, his family, and his followers complement the secondary literature on Tijerina and his efforts as the premier leader of the land grant recovery movement. Threaded through the volume are glimpses into the special personal relationship between Tijerina and the author.
Reviews / Votes
"This is very important and unique work. It takes a second look at Reies Lopez Tijerina, whose autobiography Jose Angel Gutierrez translated from Spanish to English and edited with Tijerina's aid. The chile in the sauce is the title, Tracking King Tiger: Reies Lopez Tijerina and the FBI. Utilizing Freedom of Information Act-obtained documents and current secondary source scholarship, Gutierrez reevaluates the Tijerina and the land recovery movement story. My endorsement of the book is based on Gutierrez's groundbreaking methodology, something to which new scholars should pay close attention. We should not always blame the victim when the government is directly involved."-Rodolfo F. Acuna, Professor Emeritus and Founder of Chicana and Chicano Studies, California State University, Northridge "Tracking King Tiger is a binational tour de force of Reies Lopez Tijerina's land grant movement under extensive FBI surveillance. The documentation on Big Brother's looking glass is superb."
-Dennis Bixler-Marquez, Director, Chicano Studies, University of Texas at El Paso "In this redemptory tribute to a polemical and gallant prophet of Mexicano-Indohispano liberation from Anglo society, Gutierrez reminds a new generation of Chicano and Latino students and activists of their history with the American state. In rigorously documenting and analyzing the hostilities aimed at Tijerina, this book reignites the Mexican American crusade for recognition of rights to land and a decent quality of life while setting the tone for a new institutionalization of Chicano studies."
-Xavier Medina Vidal, Diane D. Blair Professor of Latino Studies and Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Arkansas
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
East Lansing, MI
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
14
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
431 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61186-335-2 (9781611863352)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Jose Angel Gutierrez is a Professor Emeritus of Political Science, formerly at University of Texas at Arlington, where he founded the Center for Mexican American Studies. Gutierrez is considered one of the Four Horsemen of the Chicano Movement for his work in Texas with the Mexican American Youth Organization and as founder and National Chair of the Raza Unida Party.
Content
Contents
Foreword, by Ruben O. Martinez
Acknowledgments
Onomasticon
Chronology
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Years as a Fugitive
Chapter 2. No Apology, No Compensation
Chapter 3. Citizen's Arrest
Chapter 4. The War against Tijerina
Chapter 5. Poor People's Campaign
Chapter 6. Local Police and Hoover's Hand
Chapter 7. Tim Chapa: The Informant
Chapter 8. Prison Years
Chapter 9. Mexico: Love It and Leave It
Appendix. Presidents, Attorney Generals, FBI Directors, 1945-2019
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Foreword, by Ruben O. Martinez
Acknowledgments
Onomasticon
Chronology
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Years as a Fugitive
Chapter 2. No Apology, No Compensation
Chapter 3. Citizen's Arrest
Chapter 4. The War against Tijerina
Chapter 5. Poor People's Campaign
Chapter 6. Local Police and Hoover's Hand
Chapter 7. Tim Chapa: The Informant
Chapter 8. Prison Years
Chapter 9. Mexico: Love It and Leave It
Appendix. Presidents, Attorney Generals, FBI Directors, 1945-2019
Notes
Bibliography
Index