Cartucho ; and, My mother's hands
By: by Nellie Campobello ; translated by Doris Meyer and Irene Matthews ; introduction by Elena Poniatowska.
Contributors: Campobello, Nellie.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The Texas Pan American series; A Texas Pan American paperback
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng; spa
Number of pages: 129
Subjects: Mexico -- History -- Revolution, 1910-1920 -- Fiction
Other titles: Cartucho.; My mother's hands.
Description: Cartucho and My Mother's Hands are autobiographical evocations of a childhood spent amidst the violence and turmoil of the Revolution in Mexico. They are noteworthy, too, as one of the few first-person accounts of the female experience in the early years of the Mexican Revolution and unique in their presentation of events from a child's perspective.
Notes: Translation of: Cartucho and Las manos de mamá.