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Migrant Daughter: Coming of Age As a Mexican American Woman
Migrant Daughter Coming of Age As a Mexican American Woman
Author: Frances Esquibel Tywoniak, Mario T. Garcia
Taking us from the open spaces of rural New Mexico and the fields of Californias Great Central Valley to the intellectual milieu of student life in Berkeley during the 1950s, this memoir, based on an oral history by Mario T. Garca, is the powerful and moving testimonio of a young Mexican American woman's struggle to rise out of poverty. Migr...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780520219151
ISBN-10: 0520219155
Publication Date: 1/17/2000
Pages: 237
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Publisher: University of California Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Very inspiring story about a young mexican american girl who lived in poverty in migrant camps. Her father was a field laborer. She went to school and helped her father work in the fields to help support her family. She wanted a better life for herself and focused seriously on her studies to achieve this. She won a scholarship to Berkeley.


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