LEADER 03324nam 2200565Ia 450 001 9910963278503321 005 20250704110103.0 010 $a1-61192-037-X 035 $a(CKB)2670000000185741 035 $a(EBL)3115171 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000370680 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11285141 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000370680 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10375609 035 $a(PQKB)10683836 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3115171 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3115171 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10555609 035 $a(OCoLC)922965555 035 $a(NyNyDIG)DIGARTEP0036 035 $a(BIP)41425860 035 $a(BIP)6168621 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000185741 100 $a20000104d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBlack Cuban, Black American $ea memoir /$fEvelio Grillo ; introduction by Kenya Dworkin y Mendez 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aHouston, Tex. $cArte Publico Press$d2000 215 $a1 online resource (160 p.) 225 1 $aRecovering the U.S. Hispanic literary heritage 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a1-55885-293-X 327 $a""CONTENTS""; ""Introduction""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Part One ""; ""Part Two""; ""Part Three "" 330 $aArte Pu?blico Presss landmark series "Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage" has traditionally been devoted to long-lost and historic works by Hispanics of decades and even centuries past. The publications of Black Cuban, Black American mark the first original work by a living author to become part of this notable series. The reason for this unprecedented honor can be seen in Evilio Grillos path-breaking life. Ybor City was once a thriving factory town populated by cigar-makers, mostly emigrants from Cuba. Growing up in Ybor City (now part of Tampa) in the early twentieth century, the young Evilio experienced the complexities and sometimes the difficulties of life in a horse-and-buggy society demarcated by both racial and linguistic lines. Life was different depending on whether you were Spanish- or English-speaking, a white or black Cuban, a Cuban American or a native-born U.S. citizen, well off or poor. (Even U.S.-born blacks did not always get along with their Hispanic counterparts.) Grillo captures the joys and sorrows of this unique world that slowly faded away as he grew to adulthood and was absorbed into the African-American community during the Depression. He then tells of his eye-opening experiences as a soldier in an all-black unit serving in the China-Burma-India theatre of operations during World War II. Booklovers may have read of Ybor City in the novels of Jose Yglesias, but never before has the colorful locale been portrayed from this perspective. The book also contains a fascinating eight-page photo insert. 410 0$aRecovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project publication. 606 $aCuban Americans$vBiography 615 0$aCuban Americans 676 $a973/.04687291 700 $aGrillo$b Evelio$01825061 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910963278503321 996 $aBlack Cuban, Black American$94392518 997 $aUNINA