Author: Laura Gower Jackson
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1450220258
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Young Doroteo Arango's life in Mexico isn't easy. His gentle mother, Senora Arambula, tries her hardest to provide for Doroteo and his many siblings. His father, however, is a mean and nasty character. For years, the family suffers poverty and abuse at the hands of the patron at the Rancho del Rio Grande. In addition, the rule of President Diaz causes the poor villagers to fear for their lives as Diaz's soldiers steal their food, rape their young women, and take political prisoners. The brave Doroteo sees the injustice in his life and vows one day to seek justice. That day comes sooner than Doroteo expects when he kills the man who rapes his sister. Now seventeen years old, he runs away and hides in a mountain cave. To escape death by the soldiers who find him, Doroteo claims he is Pancho Villa, a name used by his grandfather years ago. So begins the story of Pancho Villa and his band of rebels who ride into the bloodiest era of Mexican history. A work of historical fiction, Doroteo narrates the story of the little boy who would grow up to become a bandit without fear, the Robin Hood of Mexico.
Doroteo
Author: Laura Gower Jackson
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1450220258
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Young Doroteo Arango's life in Mexico isn't easy. His gentle mother, Senora Arambula, tries her hardest to provide for Doroteo and his many siblings. His father, however, is a mean and nasty character. For years, the family suffers poverty and abuse at the hands of the patron at the Rancho del Rio Grande. In addition, the rule of President Diaz causes the poor villagers to fear for their lives as Diaz's soldiers steal their food, rape their young women, and take political prisoners. The brave Doroteo sees the injustice in his life and vows one day to seek justice. That day comes sooner than Doroteo expects when he kills the man who rapes his sister. Now seventeen years old, he runs away and hides in a mountain cave. To escape death by the soldiers who find him, Doroteo claims he is Pancho Villa, a name used by his grandfather years ago. So begins the story of Pancho Villa and his band of rebels who ride into the bloodiest era of Mexican history. A work of historical fiction, Doroteo narrates the story of the little boy who would grow up to become a bandit without fear, the Robin Hood of Mexico.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1450220258
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Young Doroteo Arango's life in Mexico isn't easy. His gentle mother, Senora Arambula, tries her hardest to provide for Doroteo and his many siblings. His father, however, is a mean and nasty character. For years, the family suffers poverty and abuse at the hands of the patron at the Rancho del Rio Grande. In addition, the rule of President Diaz causes the poor villagers to fear for their lives as Diaz's soldiers steal their food, rape their young women, and take political prisoners. The brave Doroteo sees the injustice in his life and vows one day to seek justice. That day comes sooner than Doroteo expects when he kills the man who rapes his sister. Now seventeen years old, he runs away and hides in a mountain cave. To escape death by the soldiers who find him, Doroteo claims he is Pancho Villa, a name used by his grandfather years ago. So begins the story of Pancho Villa and his band of rebels who ride into the bloodiest era of Mexican history. A work of historical fiction, Doroteo narrates the story of the little boy who would grow up to become a bandit without fear, the Robin Hood of Mexico.
California. Court of Appeal (2nd Appellate District). Records and Briefs
Author: California (State).
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 582
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 582
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Annual Report
Author: Philippines. Bureau of Forestry
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1418
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1418
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All They Will Call You
Author: Tim Z. Hernandez
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816536082
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
All They Will Call You is the harrowing account of “the worst airplane disaster in California’s history,” which claimed the lives of thirty-two passengers, including twenty-eight Mexican citizens—farmworkers who were being deported by the U.S. government. Outraged that media reports omitted only the names of the Mexican passengers, American folk icon Woody Guthrie penned a poem that went on to become one of the most important protest songs of the twentieth century, “Plane Wreck at Los Gatos (Deportee).” It was an attempt to restore the dignity of the anonymous lives whose unidentified remains were buried in an unmarked mass grave in California’s Central Valley. For nearly seven decades, the song’s message would be carried on by the greatest artists of our time, including Pete Seeger, Dolly Parton, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, and Joan Baez, yet the question posed in Guthrie’s lyrics, “Who are these friends all scattered like dry leaves?” would remain unanswered—until now. Combining years of painstaking investigative research and masterful storytelling, award-winning author Tim Z. Hernandez weaves a captivating narrative from testimony, historical records, and eyewitness accounts, reconstructing the incident and the lives behind the legendary song. This singularly original account pushes narrative boundaries, while challenging perceptions of what it means to be an immigrant in America, but more importantly, it renders intimate portraits of the individual souls who, despite social status, race, or nationality, shared a common fate one frigid morning in January 1948.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816536082
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
All They Will Call You is the harrowing account of “the worst airplane disaster in California’s history,” which claimed the lives of thirty-two passengers, including twenty-eight Mexican citizens—farmworkers who were being deported by the U.S. government. Outraged that media reports omitted only the names of the Mexican passengers, American folk icon Woody Guthrie penned a poem that went on to become one of the most important protest songs of the twentieth century, “Plane Wreck at Los Gatos (Deportee).” It was an attempt to restore the dignity of the anonymous lives whose unidentified remains were buried in an unmarked mass grave in California’s Central Valley. For nearly seven decades, the song’s message would be carried on by the greatest artists of our time, including Pete Seeger, Dolly Parton, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, and Joan Baez, yet the question posed in Guthrie’s lyrics, “Who are these friends all scattered like dry leaves?” would remain unanswered—until now. Combining years of painstaking investigative research and masterful storytelling, award-winning author Tim Z. Hernandez weaves a captivating narrative from testimony, historical records, and eyewitness accounts, reconstructing the incident and the lives behind the legendary song. This singularly original account pushes narrative boundaries, while challenging perceptions of what it means to be an immigrant in America, but more importantly, it renders intimate portraits of the individual souls who, despite social status, race, or nationality, shared a common fate one frigid morning in January 1948.
La Posada
Author: José Cruz González
Publisher: Dramatic Publishing
ISBN: 9780871298300
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Publisher: Dramatic Publishing
ISBN: 9780871298300
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
The Anglo Brambles
Author: Sylvia Lyon Rodman
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483612945
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 475
Book Description
A hilarious, irreverent, and utterly original exploration of the hidden traps in multicultural experiences that confront the Buenaventura Clan as it flees its South American country's political turmoil. Confident that their wealth will smooth their entry into a new society, the Buenaventuras are ill prepared for the spiny issues that arise at every turn. Using magic realism as her canvas, the author explores the seemingly minor yet utterly significant differences be they religious, political or gender-driven that lie at the core of the traditions that define and anchor us as individuals.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483612945
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 475
Book Description
A hilarious, irreverent, and utterly original exploration of the hidden traps in multicultural experiences that confront the Buenaventura Clan as it flees its South American country's political turmoil. Confident that their wealth will smooth their entry into a new society, the Buenaventuras are ill prepared for the spiny issues that arise at every turn. Using magic realism as her canvas, the author explores the seemingly minor yet utterly significant differences be they religious, political or gender-driven that lie at the core of the traditions that define and anchor us as individuals.
925
Author: Æmilius
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 1503203514
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
Delve deep into the minds of a CIA agent avenging the death of his MI6 partner, the serial killer that did it, and the serial killer's son, who's out to make a killing of his own to set his father up for failure. Highly suspenseful and thrilling, 9•2•5 resonates as an at times psychotic tale of revenge. Gregory Belittled breaks from his nine-to-five life by making a fortune coming up with an anti-skimming mechanism for the Bank of Las Vegas and uses it to buy everything he needs to take his father down. A new writing style no one has used before? Try this book. It may not stand out at first, but when the book progresses through its chapters, you'll notice things are slightly different. The use of different tenses to slow the story down or speed it up. The perspective changing mid-section to someone else that suddenly drives the action. It can all be done and it has all been done -- now!
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 1503203514
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
Delve deep into the minds of a CIA agent avenging the death of his MI6 partner, the serial killer that did it, and the serial killer's son, who's out to make a killing of his own to set his father up for failure. Highly suspenseful and thrilling, 9•2•5 resonates as an at times psychotic tale of revenge. Gregory Belittled breaks from his nine-to-five life by making a fortune coming up with an anti-skimming mechanism for the Bank of Las Vegas and uses it to buy everything he needs to take his father down. A new writing style no one has used before? Try this book. It may not stand out at first, but when the book progresses through its chapters, you'll notice things are slightly different. The use of different tenses to slow the story down or speed it up. The perspective changing mid-section to someone else that suddenly drives the action. It can all be done and it has all been done -- now!
Naïve & Abroad: Mexico
Author: Marcus Henderson Wilder
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1462046819
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Reader comments about Marcus Wilder travel columns in the San Antonio EXPRESS~News. Marcus Wilder is a consummate traveler and a one of a kind yarn spinner.Tracy Barnett, Travel Editor, San Antonio EXPRESS-News Mark is Mencken, Ann Coulter, and Chaucer rolled into one.Joseph Columbus Smith, Journalist Love what you are doing with your stories of the Camino. I live the Camino every day in my own way.Sue Kenney, Canadian author, Lecturer, and Pilgrim I read your reports with pleasure. Met een vriendelijke groet.Pieter, The Netherlands I have been reading with interest your story in the newspaper and sharing with my students. I teach Spanish my students follow the Camino via the Internet. Cesiah, International Languages Department Coordinator We are living it through Marcus Wilders eyes. Thank you for a lovely armchair travel adventure.Elizabeth, San Antonio My mother forwarded one of your travel stories to me. I enjoyed it immensely. Your writing is refreshing because you notice the details that make places, people, and events come alive.JoeLyn, Dallas I am fascinated by your stories.Memo, Laredo I bookmarked your page. I was captured.Waltrud, Chicago I love learning about other cultures and have really reveled in the sense of interacting with the people in your narrative.J.J., San Antonio
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1462046819
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Reader comments about Marcus Wilder travel columns in the San Antonio EXPRESS~News. Marcus Wilder is a consummate traveler and a one of a kind yarn spinner.Tracy Barnett, Travel Editor, San Antonio EXPRESS-News Mark is Mencken, Ann Coulter, and Chaucer rolled into one.Joseph Columbus Smith, Journalist Love what you are doing with your stories of the Camino. I live the Camino every day in my own way.Sue Kenney, Canadian author, Lecturer, and Pilgrim I read your reports with pleasure. Met een vriendelijke groet.Pieter, The Netherlands I have been reading with interest your story in the newspaper and sharing with my students. I teach Spanish my students follow the Camino via the Internet. Cesiah, International Languages Department Coordinator We are living it through Marcus Wilders eyes. Thank you for a lovely armchair travel adventure.Elizabeth, San Antonio My mother forwarded one of your travel stories to me. I enjoyed it immensely. Your writing is refreshing because you notice the details that make places, people, and events come alive.JoeLyn, Dallas I am fascinated by your stories.Memo, Laredo I bookmarked your page. I was captured.Waltrud, Chicago I love learning about other cultures and have really reveled in the sense of interacting with the people in your narrative.J.J., San Antonio
Under the Fifth Sun: A Novel of Pancho Villa
Author: Earl Shorris
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393343723
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
This is a work of great scope, a powerful illumination of an enigmatic figure. Told from the point of view of an ancient shaman, this is the dark and mystical story of Mexico's greatest revolutionary general, Pancho Villa. Shedding the Hollywood mantle of the drunken, womanizing bandit-turned-hero, the Villa who comes to life in this extraordinary novel is part man and part myth, part visionary hoodlum and part brilliant general. A troubled childhood--marked by his father's early death in the fields and his sister's rape by a local landowner--and a prophetic dream propel young Villa through a period of lawlessness and drifting and into life as a military leader. The story moves convincingly through the events of Villa's life, showing him to be a man of fierce passions and moral conviction, a natural leader for the rebellion.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393343723
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
This is a work of great scope, a powerful illumination of an enigmatic figure. Told from the point of view of an ancient shaman, this is the dark and mystical story of Mexico's greatest revolutionary general, Pancho Villa. Shedding the Hollywood mantle of the drunken, womanizing bandit-turned-hero, the Villa who comes to life in this extraordinary novel is part man and part myth, part visionary hoodlum and part brilliant general. A troubled childhood--marked by his father's early death in the fields and his sister's rape by a local landowner--and a prophetic dream propel young Villa through a period of lawlessness and drifting and into life as a military leader. The story moves convincingly through the events of Villa's life, showing him to be a man of fierce passions and moral conviction, a natural leader for the rebellion.
Official Gazette
Author: Philippines
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philippines
Languages : en
Pages : 1012
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philippines
Languages : en
Pages : 1012
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