The Revolt of the Cockroach People

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Sale 334: Fine Modern Literature (#334) 06/22/2006 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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Lot #1The Revolt of the Cockroach People

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$125

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Sale 334: Fine Modern Literature (#334) 06/22/2006 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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Title:

The Revolt of the Cockroach People

Author:

Acosta, Oscar Zeta

Place Published:

[San Francisco]

Publisher:

[Straight Arrow Books]

Date Published:

[1973]

Description:

Cream cloth, pictorial jacket. First Edition, First printing.

A story about the Chicano movement in Los Angeles in the late 1960's. Acosta's second book and a Chicano literature cult classic, describing the author's strong political activism against all law enforcement, especially the Los Angeles judicial system. This book made Oscar Zeta Acosta a Mexican-American folk hero.

Condition:

Jacket spine a bit sunned, light edge wear and rubbing to jacket and volume; near fine in like jacket.

Item#:

158954
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