The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo Author:Oscar Zeta Acosta Oscar Zeta Acosta's wild, moving Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo reveals a man of astonishing variety. From his early years as a fat, vulnerable Mexican kid in racist Riverbank, California, to his ulcer-ridden stint as an Oakland Welfare lawyer, his psychedelic odyssey and his discovery of his Chicano roots, Acosta has managed to live a thousa... more »nd lives -- and live them deeply.
A converted Baptist missionary in Panama, bar hopper, psychiatric patient, struggling writer, heart-broken lover, great imposter, connoisseur of excess, Chicano activist, Brown Buffalo -- Acosta has done it all, and survived to tell his unforgettable saga.« less