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ELVIRA

HERNANDEZ ELVIR

Editorial
INGRAM
Año edición
2017
ISBN
978-0-9989740-1-9
Encuadernación
Rústica
Páginas
438
Idioma
Castellano
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ELViRA is the POiGNANT LiFE STORY OF A GiRL whose family iMMiGRATED TO THE UNiTED STATES to escape the violence of the MEXiCAN REVOLUTiON (1910-1921). . Her father, Jacobo ChA¡vez, first found WORK ON THE RAiLROAD in Texas and far-away states. . Remaining in El Paso, the WOMEN were obliged to LiVE iN CRAMPED BOXCARS WiTH THEiR CHiLDREN and to SEEK WORK AS DOMESTiCS. . Later, her father found a better paying job in the MEAT-PACKiNG PLANTS OF KANSAS CiTY. . Fatefully, the Chavezes were then RECRUiTED TO SCOTTSBLUFF, NEBRASKA where the ENTiRE FAMiLY some as young as five years old &minus. LABORED iN THE SUGAR-BEET AND POTATO FiELDS. . Elvira weaves into her FAMiLY HiSTORY heartrending stories of BACKBREAKiNG LABOR, iLLNESS AND DEATH, and the challenges of RACiSM and of LiFE BETWEEN TWO VERY DiFFERENT CULTURES. . TUBERCULOSiS strikes several family members. . P

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