The Making of a Mexican American Mayor

Raymond L. Telles of El Paso

• Author(s): Mario T. García,
• Publisher: Texas Western Press, University of Texas at El Paso
• Pages: 187
• ISBN_10: 0874042763
  ISBN_13: 9780874042764
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / General , Biography & Autobiography / Historical , Biography & Autobiography / Political , Political Science / American Government / State , Social Science / Minority Studies , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / Hispanic American Studies ,

Description:... Raymond Telles was the first Mexican American mayor of El Paso, Texas, and the most significant Mexican American of his time. This book details his political career from 1948, when he won a hotly contested election for county clerk, to his ambassadorship to Costa Rica.