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Maria's journey /
Born into the Mexican Revolution, Maria Perez entered an arranged marriage at age fourteen to Miguel Arredondo. The couple and their tiny daughter immigrated to the United States in the 1920s, living in a boxcar while Miguel worked for a Texas railroad and eventually settling in East Chicago, Indian...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Indianapolis :
Indiana Historical Society Press,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword; Introduction; The Revolution; The Bargain; From Texas Boxcars to Illinois Rails; Tragedy Has Two Faces; Secrets of the Past; Safe Harbor; "Mill Rats"; Change is Constant; Depression and Repatriation; "Take Me to the Fair"; Betrayal; "Don't Look Back"-The Homecoming; On Watling Street; Graduation, Illness, Accidents, and a Vision; The War; Celebrations and Losses; Church and School; Diet and Discipline; The Haunting; Maria's "Confession"; Jesse Joins the Army, then the Union; "Happy Days" in the Harbor; Love Calls-"California Here We Come"; Jesse Takes a Wife-and More.
- Maria Battles the "Commies"No Good Solutions; Love and Uncle Sam; Forgiveness and Reconciliation; The Value of Education; In the Blink of an Eye; The Vision Revealed; Epilogue; Afterword; Acknowledgments.