Viva Elfego: The Case for Elfego Baca, Hispanic Hero

by Stan Sager

Book Overview

"I will show them there is at least one Mexican in the country who is not afraid of a Texas cowboy." Having drawn the line, teenager Elfego Baca backed up his words with his six guns. Nobody, but nobody, even Texans, would any longer subject the peaceful Mexican settlers of the New Mexico frontier to abuse, mutilation or humiliation. It took Baca just thirty-six hours in the fall of 1884 to earn his reputation as savior of the Hispanics of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B002AX1H5C
• ISBN13: 9780865346086
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Sunstone Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"