Down Garrapata Road

Down Garrapata Road /

A collection of short stories set in a small Mexican-American community in southern Texas during the 1940s and 1950s, revealing the traditions, love, and social concerns of the families living there.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Estevis, Marjorie Anne
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Houston, Tex. : Arte Público Press, [2003]
Subjects:
Mexican Americans > Texas > Juvenile fiction.
Children's stories, American.
Mexican Americans.
Texas.
United States.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Table of Contents:
  • The Chávez family: Tia Pina and the Chupasangre, The dancing queens of Garrapata Road, The whistle, The gift of tranquilino trujillo, Chatita's night out
  • The Bermúdez family: Her brother's keeper, La Tamalada, The virgin and doña fidelfa
  • The Zambrano family
  • The Zambrano family: A reluctant scholar, The battle of the blackbirds
  • The Paloma family: Crazy Rita, The prisoner, A fork in the road.

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