Barrio boy
By: Ernesto Galarza ; introduction by Ilan Stavans
Edition: 40th anniversary ed.
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Notre Dame, Ind
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9780268029791
Subjects: Social life and customs; Mexican Americans; Mexican American neighborhoods; Immigrants; Childhood and youth; Biography; History
Description: True story of a Mexican boy who, with his family, made the journey from his mountain village to the barrio of Sacramento and how he observed, understood, and accepted the reactions and feelings of others to the events they shared.
Table of contents: title: In a mountain village; title: Peregrinations; title: North From Mexico; title: Life in the lower part of town; title: On the edge of the barrio; title: Glossary.