Antonio's Gun and Delfino's Dream : True Tales of Mexican Migration by Sam Quinones - 2007

University of New Mexico Press, 2007-05-16. Hardcover. Acceptable. 9x6x1.

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University of New Mexico Press, 2007-05-16. hardcover. Used: Good.

University of New Mexico Press, 2007-05-16. hardcover. Used:Good.

Sam Quinones's first book, True Tales From Another Mexico, was acclaimed for the way it peered into the corners of that country for its larger truths and complexities. Antonio's Gun and Delfino's Dream, Quinones's second collection of nonfiction tales, does the same for one of the most important issues of our times: the migration of Mexicans to the United States.
Quinones has covered the world of Mexican immigrants for the last thirteen years--from Chicago to Oaxaca, Michoacan to southeast Los Angeles, Tijuana to Texas. Along the way, he has uncovered stories that help illuminate all that Mexicans seek when they come north, how they change their new country, and are changed by it.
Here are the stories of the Henry Ford of velvet painting in Ciudad Juarez, the emergence of opera in Tijuana, the bizarre goings-on in the L.A. suburb of South Gate, and of the drug-addled colonies of Old World German Mennonites in Chihuahua. Through it all winds the tale of Delfino Juarez, a young construction worker, and… Read More

[ Edition: First ]. Excellent Condition. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] Publisher: University of New Mexico Press Pub Date: 5/16/2007 Binding: Hardcover Pages: 326

Albuquerque:: University of New Mexico Press,, (2007). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The author's second collection of non-fiction tales which focus on the migration of Mexicans to the United States - from Oaxaca to Chicago, Michoacan to southeast Los Angeles, Tijuana to Texas. In doing so, he has uncovered stories that help illuminate what it is that Mexicans seek when they come north, how they change their new country, and are changed by it. Boldly INSCRIBED on the title page. Map frontispiece. 317 pp

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