The Strange Career of William Ellis: The Texas Slave Who Became a Mexican Millionaire

A 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. In The Strange Career of William Ellis, 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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Jacoby, Karl
Published: 06/06/2017
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393354171
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.40w x 1.00d