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00-T2513-FM 3/12/03 11:51 AM Page i ALEX AND THE HOBO 00-T2513-FM 3/12/03 11:51 AM Page ii ALEX AND THE HOBO 00-T2513-FM 3/12/03 11:51 AM Page iii A CHICANO LIFE AND STORY JOSÉ INEZ TAYLOR AND JAMES M. TAGGART UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PRESS AUSTIN 00-T2513-FM 3/12/03 11:51 AM Page iv Copyright © 2003 by the University of Texas Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First edition, 2003 Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to Permissions, University of Texas Press, P.O. Box 7819, Austin, TX 78713-7819. (cid:2)(cid:2)The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R1997) (Permanence of Paper). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Taylor, José Inez, 1937– Alex and the hobo : a Chicano life and story / José Inez Taylor and James M. Taggart. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-292-78179-2 (alk. paper)—ISBN 0-292- 78180-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Taylor, José Inez, 1937– 2. Taylor, José Inez, 1937– —Settings. 3. Mexican Americans— Colorado—Antonito—Biography. 4. Mexican American authors—Colorado—Antonito—Biogra- phy. 5. Political activists—Colorado—Antonito— Biography. 6. Labor movement—Colorado— Antonito—History—20th century. 7. Mexican Americans—Ethnic identity. 8. Antonito (Colo.)— Biography. 9. Mexican American children— Fiction. 10. Tramps—Fiction. I. Taggart, James M., 1941– II. Title. F784.A58T39 2003 305.868(cid:3)720788(cid:3)0092—dc21 2002015454 00-T2513-FM 3/12/03 11:51 AM Page v To our grandchildren THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 00-T2513-FM 3/12/03 11:51 AM Page vii Contents Preface xi 1. Introduction 1 PART I: THE STORY 13 2.Alex and the Hobo 15 PART II: THE LIFE 71 3. The Valley 73 4. Awareness 89 5. Social Structure 104 6. Anastacio Taylor 118 7. Beatriz Mondragón 136 8. Women in Peril 149 9. Conclusion 162 Appendix: Juana’s Witchcraft Testimony 167 Notes 177 Bibliography 189 Index 199 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 00-T2513-FM 3/12/03 11:51 AM Page ix Illustrations 1. Joe Taylor talking in his kitchen 9 2. Rock formation in the llano 22 3. Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos (S.P.M.D.T.U.) in Antonito 38 4. Bridge over Rio Grande 47 5. Map of San Luis Valley 74 6. Joe Taylor and James Taggart on Kiowa Hill 78 7. Train headed north out of Antonito 80 8. Great Lakes Carbon (GrefCo) perlite processing plant 95 9. John Mansfield perlite processing plant 97 10. Main Street in Antonito looking south 108 11. Anastacio Taylor’s zapatería 119

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00-T2513-FM 3/12/03 11:51 AM Page i ALEX AND THE HOBO 00-T2513-FM 3/12/03 11:51 AM Page ii ALEX AND THE HOBO 00-T2513-FM 3/12/03 11:51 AM Page iii A CHICANO LIFE AND STORY JOSÉ INEZ TAYLOR AND JAMES M. TAGGART UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PRESS AUSTIN 00-T2513-FM 3/12/03 11:51 AM Page iv Copyright © 2003 by the University of Texas Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First edition, 2003 Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to Permissions, University of Texas Press, P.O. Box 7819, Austin, TX 78713-7819. (cid:2)(cid:2)The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R1997) (Permanence of Paper). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Taylor, José Inez, 1937– Alex and the hobo : a Chicano life and story / José Inez Taylor and James M. Taggart. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-292-78179-2 (alk. paper)—ISBN 0-292- 78180-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Taylor, José Inez, 1937– 2. Taylor, José Inez, 1937– —Settings. 3. Mexican Americans— Colorado—Antonito—Biography. 4. Mexican American authors—Colorado—Antonito—Biogra- phy. 5. Political activists—Colorado—Antonito— Biography. 6. Labor movement—Colorado— Antonito—History—20th century. 7. Mexican Americans—Ethnic identity. 8. Antonito (Colo.)— Biography. 9. Mexican American children— Fiction. 10. Tramps—Fiction. I. Taggart, James M., 1941– II. Title. F784.A58T39 2003 305.868(cid:3)720788(cid:3)0092—dc21 2002015454 00-T2513-FM 3/12/03 11:51 AM Page v To our grandchildren THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 00-T2513-FM 3/12/03 11:51 AM Page vii Contents Preface xi 1. Introduction 1 PART I: THE STORY 13 2.Alex and the Hobo 15 PART II: THE LIFE 71 3. The Valley 73 4. Awareness 89 5. Social Structure 104 6. Anastacio Taylor 118 7. Beatriz Mondragón 136 8. Women in Peril 149 9. Conclusion 162 Appendix: Juana’s Witchcraft Testimony 167 Notes 177 Bibliography 189 Index 199 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK 00-T2513-FM 3/12/03 11:51 AM Page ix Illustrations 1. Joe Taylor talking in his kitchen 9 2. Rock formation in the llano 22 3. Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos (S.P.M.D.T.U.) in Antonito 38 4. Bridge over Rio Grande 47 5. Map of San Luis Valley 74 6. Joe Taylor and James Taggart on Kiowa Hill 78 7. Train headed north out of Antonito 80 8. Great Lakes Carbon (GrefCo) perlite processing plant 95 9. John Mansfield perlite processing plant 97 10. Main Street in Antonito looking south 108 11. Anastacio Taylor’s zapatería 119

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"This book represents a significant contribution to the discipline in that it raises important issues of ethnographic authority and authorship. . . . Indeed, it could serve as a model for new ways to write ethnography." --Miguel D?az-Barriga, Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Swarth
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