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Luis Perez became a Spanish teacher in the United States after a life that included joining the Mexican rebel army at eleven, earning the nickname "El Coyote" for stealing a chicken when the general was coming to dinner, going AWOL from the hospital tent, working as a burro driver, moving back and forth across the border, attending Hollywood High, and living with sunny charm and acceptance.
A soldier at the age of eleven; an honorably discharged veteran at age of thirteen; a miner, a cotton-picker, a shepherd, and a graduate of Hollywood High, Luis Perez lived an incredible life, which has shaped his story into a vividly-realized autobiographical account. Originally published in 1947, El Coyote , the Rebel tells how the toddler Luis, son of an Aztec mother and a French diplomat father, ended up in the care of an uncle, who soon drank away most of the boys inheritance. Having run away from cruel treatment, Luis by chance came to fight with the rebel armies in the 1910 Mexican Revolution, received the nickname of "El Coyote" for his cunning, and was wounded in combat. Upon being given a discharge and a twenty-dollar bill, he walked across the border to become an American. His story concludes, after an episode of amorous misadventures in a missionary school, with the young hero preparing to marry his true love and solemnly taking the oath of U.S. citizenship, at "the beginning of a new tomorrow."

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University of Texas. Library. Latin American Collection

Published: 1969

Total Pages: 756


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