MARC record from Internet Archive

LEADER: 03858cam 2200733Ii 4500
001 ocn959872287
003 OCoLC
005 20220308221308.0
008 161005t20172016nyuab b 001 0beng d
040 $aYDX$beng$erda$cYDX$dBDX$dOCLCQ$dCLE$dOCLCF$dHTC$dOCLCA$dCTX$dOCLCQ$dOCLCO$dOCLCA$dOCL$dZQP$dOCL$dOCLCO$dOCLCA$dOCLCQ$dOCLCO$dCGN$dOCLCO
020 $a9780393354171
020 $a0393354172
035 $a(OCoLC)959872287
043 $an-us-tx$an-mx---$an-us---
050 4 $aE185.97.E46$bJ33 2017
082 04 $a306.362092$223
100 1 $aJacoby, Karl,$d1965-$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe strange career of William Ellis :$bthe Texas slave who became a Mexican millionaire /$cKarl Jacoby.
250 $aFirst Norton paperback.
264 1 $aNew York :$bW.W. Norton & Company,$c[2017]
264 4 $c©2016
300 $axxviii, 304 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPrologue : Through history's cracks -- Part I. Victoria. Gone to Texas ; Juneteenth -- Part II. San Antonio/Tlahualilo. Military plaza ; The land of God and liberty -- Part III. Manhattan/Mexico City. A picturesque figure ; The city of happy homes -- Epilogue : Trickster makes this world.
520 $aA Black child born on the US-Mexico border in the twilight of slavery, William Ellis inhabited a world divided along ambiguous racial lines. Adopting the name Guillermo Eliseo, he passed as Mexican, transcending racial lines to become fabulously wealthy as a Wall Street banker, diplomat, and owner of scores of mines and haciendas south of the border. Prize-winning historian Karl Jacoby weaves an astonishing tale of cunning and scandal, offering fresh insights on the history of the Reconstruction era, the US-Mexico border, and the abiding riddle of race in America. --$cBack cover.
586 $aPhillis Wheatley Book Awards winner for nonfiction, 2017
600 10 $aEllis, William Henry,$d1864-1923.
600 17 $aEllis, William Henry,$d1864-1923.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01942345
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$vBiography.
650 0 $aSlaves$zTexas$vBiography.
650 0 $aBusinessmen$zMexico$vBiography.
650 0 $aMillionaires$zMexico$vBiography.
651 0 $aMexican-American Border Region$vBiography.
650 0 $aReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)$vBiography.
650 0 $aPassing (Identity)$zUnited States$xHistory.
651 0 $aUnited States$xRace relations$xHistory.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$zTexas$xPolitics and government.
650 7 $aReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01754987
650 7 $aAfrican Americans.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00799558
650 7 $aAfrican Americans$xPolitics and government.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00799659
650 7 $aBusinessmen.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00842951
650 7 $aMillionaires.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01021857
650 7 $aPassing (Identity)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01054417
650 7 $aRace relations.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01086509
650 7 $aSlaves.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01120522
651 7 $aMexico.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01211700
651 7 $aNorth America$zMexican-American Border Region.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01239966
651 7 $aTexas.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01210336
651 7 $aUnited States.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204155
648 7 $a1865-1877$2fast
655 4 $aBiographies.
655 4 $aBiography.
655 4 $aHistory.
655 7 $aBiographies.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01919896
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
655 7 $aBiographies.$2lcgft
938 $aBrodart$bBROD$n117836338
938 $aYBP Library Services$bYANK$n13195117
029 1 $aAU@$b000060648903
994 $aZ0$bP4A
948 $hNO HOLDINGS IN P4A - 38 OTHER HOLDINGS