The Strange Career of William Ellis: The Texas Slave Who Became a Mexican Millionaire
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To his contemporaries in Gilded Age Manhattan, Guillermo Eliseo was a fantastically wealthy Mexican, the proud owner of a luxury apartment overlooking Central Park, a busy Wall Street office, and scores of mines and haciendas in Mexico. But for all his obvious riches and his elegant appearance, Eliseo was also the possessor of a devastating secret: he was not, in fact, from Mexico at all. Rather, he had begun life as a slave named William Ellis,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:039323925X
ISBN13:9780393239256
Release Date:June 2016
Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company
Length:336 Pages
Weight:1.48 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"
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