"This fascinating collection of Salazar's journalism, along with García's lucid introduction, will . . . help resurrect this unjustly forgotten figure." Rubén Martínez, Los Angeles Times Book Review "García has offered Latinos the finest tribute imaginable: a captivating and overdue selection of Salazar's journalism, exploring the many political, cultural, professional and geographic borders he crossed." Claudia Milian Arias, The Nation "An important contribution to the reclaiming and redefining of the Mexican American/Chicano experience." Robert C. Dash, Latino Review of Books "Demonstrates Salazar's importance as a "translator" for mainstream Los Angeles, if not the nation, of events in the ethnic Mexican community--a role that has remained unfilled since his death . . . An important addition to Chicano history in particular and American history generally." Ernesto Chávez, Pacific Historical Review

Ruben Salazar was a reporter and correspondent for the El Paso Herald-Post and Los Angeles Times from 1955 until his death in 1970. RUBEN SALAZAR: BORDER CORRESPONDENT is "selections of some of [Ruben Salazar's] best journalism [that] will serve to remind those who knew his work how important it was and to introduce him to a new generation for whom he has both historical and current relevance" (from the Introduction by Mario T. García). It is the winner of the 1995-96 Southwest Book Award of the Border Regional Library Association.

MARIO T. GARCÍA is Professor of History and Chicano Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara and the author of Memories of Chicano History: The Life and Narrative of Bert Corona (California, 1994).

RUBEN SALAZAR: BORDER CORRESPONDENT (1995) is published by University of California Press, Berkeley, California 94720. [paperback ISBN 0-520-21385-5]