Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo (Uncorrected Proof Copy)

Straight Arrow, San Francisco, 1972 The very rare UNCORRECTED PROOF of this book, accompanied by a great letter from a vice president of Straight Arrow books to Nina Finkestein at Ms. Magazine. Tan printed wraps, 10 5/8 x 5 3/8 inches, 163 pp. (Note: "First Printing" stated on the copyright page.) Very good (pencil mark through the printed title and "Uncorrected Proof" on front cover; round brown stain on the middle of the front cover, probably where a sheet of promotional material was pasted; slight edgewear; pages clean and binding tight). The letter is typed, on 8 1/2 x 11 inch Straight Arrow Books letterhead. Besides the characteristic trademark of Straight Arrow Books (a small image of a boyscout in brown) near the top of the page, the boyscout image covers the entire page in light yellow. The vice president of Straight Arrow Books says, "Mary said that you are buying first serial for Ms., so I am sending you bound galleys of one of our fall titles, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A BROWN BUFFALO, on the admittedly slim chance that it might interest you and your readers. It is anything but a 'women's book,' but then, is Ms. a 'women's magazine'? To give you some background: Oscar Acosta is a militant chicano lawyer who successfully defended the Biltmore Ten in Los Angeles by challenging the grand jury system, a practise which has since become commonplace in political trials, but which had never before been used. His book is the story of the evolution of a sweet middle class Mexican-American boy scout (who was not even allowed to speak Spaish as a child) into a wild and wooly drug-taking, bomb throwing militant, friend and cohort of Hunter Thompson (Oscar is a major character in FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS) and leader of the chicano movement." The letter is folded in thirds and has some modest creasing at one end. (3214011). 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket.