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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825251403321

Autore

Gómez Luis G

Titolo

Crossing the Rio Grande [[electronic resource] ] : an immigrant's life in the 1880s / / Luis G. Gómez ; translated and with commentary by Guadalupe Valdez Jr. ; introduction by Thomas H. Kreneck ; edited by Guadalupe Valdez, Jr. and Thomas H. Kreneck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2006

ISBN

1-60344-532-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (119 p.)

Collana

Gulf Coast studies ; ; no. 9

Altri autori (Persone)

ValdezGuadalupe, Jr.

KreneckThomas H

Disciplina

976.4/0616872073

B

Soggetti

Mexican Americans - Texas, South

Immigrants - Texas, South

Texas, South Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Mis memorias originally published in 1935 by Gorena Press, Rio Grande City, Texas"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""Memories of My Grandfather, Luis G. Gomez""; ""Prologue""; ""Contents""; ""My Pilgrimage in Texas""; ""My Arrival in Houston""; ""The Negro Brakeman!""; ""An Opiparo Breakfast""; ""The Company  Tamez-Gomez, Contractors  Signs Very Lucrative New Contracts""; ""The Phantom!""; ""Where We Will Hear the True Story of That Mysterious Petite Woman""; ""Index""