Bandido: The Life and Times of Tiburcio Vasquez

by John Boessenecker

Book Overview

Tiburcio Vasquez is, next to Joaquin Murrieta, America's most infamous Hispanic bandit. After he was hanged as a murderer in 1875, the Chicago Tribune called him "the most noted desperado of modern times." Yet questions about him still linger. Why did he become a bandido? Why did so many Hispanics protect him and his band? Was he a common thief and heartless killer who got what he deserved, or was he a Mexican American Robin Hood who suffered at the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806146818
• ISBN13: 9780806146812
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 471 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"