Description
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.
Author: Karl Jacoby
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 06/06/2017
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.40w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780393354171
ISBN10: 0393354172
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional | General
- History | African American & Black
- History | United States | 19th Century