| Author | : Karl Jacoby |
| File Size | : 51,5 Mb |
| Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 13 June 2016 |
| ISBN | : 9780393253863 |
| Pages | : 330 pages |
The Strange Career of William Ellis The Texas Slave Who Became a Mexican Millionaire by Karl Jacoby Book PDF Summary
Winner of the Ray Allen Billington Prize and the Phillis Wheatley Book Award "An American 'Odyssey,' the larger-than-life story of a man who travels far in the wake of war and gets by on his adaptability and gift for gab." —Wall Street Journal A black child born on the US-Mexico border in the twilight of slavery, William Ellis inhabited a world divided along ambiguous racial lines. Adopting the name Guillermo Eliseo, he passed as Mexican, transcending racial lines to become fabulously wealthy as a Wall Street banker, diplomat, and owner of scores of mines and haciendas south of the border. In The Strange Career of William Ellis, prize-winning historian Karl Jacoby weaves an astonishing tale of cunning and scandal, offering fresh insights on the history of the Reconstruction era, the US-Mexico border, and the abiding riddle of race in America.