Ch. 1. King copper -- Ch. 2. Mexicans come to the mines -- Ch. 3. The priest in the Mexican camp -- Ch. 4. The Mexican mothers and the Mexican town -- Ch. 5. The Anglo mothers and the company town -- Ch. 6. The strike -- Ch. 7. Vigilantism -- Ch. 8. Family and race
Summary
In 1904, New York nuns brought forty Irish orphans to a remote Arizona mining camp, to be placed with Catholic families. The Catholic families were Mexican, as was the majority of the population. Soon the town' Anglos, furious at this "interracial" transgression, formed a vigilante squad that kidnapped the children and nearly lynched the nuns and the local priest. The Catholic Church sued to get its wards back, but all the courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, ruled in favor of the vigilantes. -- Publisher's website
Notes
Originally published: 1999
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-404) and index