TY  - BOOK
AU  - John J. Valadez
AU  - Cristina Ibarra
AU  - John J. Valadez
AU  - Cristina Ibarra
TI  - The Last Conquistador
AV  - PN1997 .L378 2008
PY  - 2008///
CY  - United States America
PB  - The Kitchen Sync Group Inc., Valadez Media
N2  - From case cover:
The renowned sculptor John Houser has a dream: to build the world's tallest bronze equestrian statue for the city of El Paso, Texas. It would memorialize the Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate and honor the contributions Hispanic people have made to the building of the American West. But as the project nears completion his troubles begin: Native Americans are outraged, they remember Oñate as the man who brought genocide, cut off their feet, and sold their children into slavery. As El Paso divides along lines of race and class, the artist must face the terrible moral implications of his work
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