The hammon and the beans and other stories / Américo Paredes ; with an introduction by Rámon Saldívar.

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The ongoing struggle of Mexican-Americans between their Mexican past and their American future. The cultural confrontation is taken all the way to the Far East with stories on Mexican-American soldiers fighting the Korean War and living in Japan. By the author of With His Pistol in His Hand: A Borde...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Paredes, Américo, 1915-1999 (Author)
Other Authors: Saldívar, Ramón (Writer of introduction)
Language:English
Published: Houston, Texas : Arte Público Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Mexican Americans > Fiction.
Fiction.
Electronic books.
Genre:
Fiction.
Electronic books.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Digitalia Hispánica)
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • The hammon and the beans
  • Over the waves is out
  • Macaria's daughter
  • A cold night
  • The Gringo
  • A small brown bird
  • Revenge
  • Brothers
  • Rebeca
  • Little Joe
  • The gift
  • When it snowed in Kitabamba
  • Ichiro Kikuchi
  • Sugamo
  • The terribly high cost
  • Getting an oboe for Joe
  • The American dish.