The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo

San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books (1972). First edition, 2nd printing. 8vo. 199 pp. Original chocolate brown cloth-covered boards, stamped in gold, in original unclipped ($7.00) dust-jacket. Slightly offset, some edge wear to jacket - particular to spine ends and tips. Mended tear to top rear panel at flap fold. Book shows moderate handling wear to boards, some spotting, smudges to panels and pages, trace foxing to top text block, spine ends lightly curled.

Dust Jacket: Very Good

Hardcover: Very Good

“The main character survives on drugs, alcohol, and counseling sessions until he becomes a Chicano activist. At the end of the work, the protagonist takes the middle name "Zeta", a symbol that represents his Chicano and Mexican culture and roots. After traveling to his birthplace, the lost character discovers himself and learns lessons on the road as he reflects on his life. On the back of some copies of the book, it says "Oscar Zeta Acosta was famous as a Robin Hood Chicano lawyer and notorious as the real-life model for Hunter S. Thompson's 'Dr. Gonzo'", a character in the book and movie Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas."