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Very Good. 0671207237. Trade PB. 8vo. Ramparts Press, Berkeley CA. 1970. 287 pgs. Signed and inscribed by Peter Nabokov on the title page. Second Edition. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Peter Nabokov was in New Mexico working for a newspaper at the time of the Tierra Amarilla Courthouse Raid and has given us a first hand look at both the raid and its participants. Reies Tijerina is displayed a fiery character who leads a shocking raid on the courthouse in Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico, in 1967. His intended goal when raiding the courthouse was to make a citizens arrest of the District Attorney, Alfonso Sanchez. The raid turned into a militant event, capped with gunfire and injuries. Tijerina was tried for the crimes committed during the raid and found not guilty by a jury of his peers after defending himself.; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 287 pages.
