A place in El Paso : a Mexican-American childhood /

"This memoir of growing up in El Paso in the 1940s and 1950s creates an entire city: the way a barrio awakens in the early morning sun, the thrill of a rare desert snow, the taste of fruit-flavored raspadas on summer afternoons, the "money boys" who would beg as commuters passed back...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: López-Stafford, Gloria, 1937-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, ©1996.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
López-Stafford, Gloria, > 1937- > Childhood and youth.
López-Stafford, Gloria, > 1937-
Mexican Americans > Texas > El Paso > Biography.
Américains d'origine mexicaine > Texas > El Paso > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
Childhood and youth of a person.
Mexican Americans.
Chicana.
El Paso (Tex.) > Biography.
Texas > El Paso.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Autobiographie.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue, 1949
  • The second ward and my parents
  • St. Vrain Street
  • A motherless child
  • The trouble with English
  • A September party
  • Plata
  • Macho
  • December 1945
  • Sayings and secrets
  • Hijo natural
  • Poverty and work
  • Sábado de Gloria
  • Life with Mariá
  • Adiós
  • Alameda Street
  • Pershing Drive
  • Céfiro
  • El sol
  • October
  • If
  • Christmas 1949.

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