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The Strange Career of William Ellis: The Texas Slave Who Became A Mexican Millionaire
By Jacoby, Karl
- ISBN
- 9780393239256 9780393253863
- Publisher
- Norton
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Starred Review on March 15, 2016 | Social Sciences
Jacoby (history, Columbia Univ.; Crimes Against Nature) relates the fascinating tale of William Ellis, who was born into slavery on a cotton plantation in rural Texas just before the end of America's Civil War, and his fascinating transition into Guillermo Eliseo, a wealthy broker, statesman, and politician from Mexico. How this strange account of reinvention came to be makes for an impor...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
