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You Can't Be Mexican: You Talk Just Like Me (Voices of Diversity)
Frank S Mendez
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Hardcover. Frank Mendez, a child of Mexican immigrants, recounts the Mendez family's experiences with the Depression; labor issues; racism; their lives in the barrio; and World War II. Mendez comments on the social and political issues of the twentieth century. Series: Voices of Diversity S. Num Pages: 96 pages, 7 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; BGA; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 313.
Frank Mendez, a child of Mexican immigrants, begins his memoir with the story of his father's harrowing migration from Mexico to Texas in 1920, as he escaped from Zapata's guerrillos, and continues with his story of growing up in northeast Ohio. He recounts the Mendez family's experiences with the Depression; labor issues; racism; their lives in the Lorain, Ohio, barrio; and World War II. Mendez dropped out of high school in 1943 and enlisted in the Marine Corps, where he served twenty-two months in the Pacific theater. When he returned to Lorain, he received his high school diploma, bachelor's and ... Read more
Frank Mendez, a child of Mexican immigrants, begins his memoir with the story of his father's harrowing migration from Mexico to Texas in 1920, as he escaped from Zapata's guerrillos, and continues with his story of growing up in northeast Ohio. He recounts the Mendez family's experiences with the Depression; labor issues; racism; their lives in the Lorain, Ohio, barrio; and World War II. Mendez dropped out of high school in 1943 and enlisted in the Marine Corps, where he served twenty-two months in the Pacific theater. When he returned to Lorain, he received his high school diploma, bachelor's and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Kent State University Press
Condition
New
Series
Voices of Diversity S.
Place of Publication
Kent, OH, United States
ISBN
9780873388221
SKU
V9780873388221
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About Frank S Mendez
Frank Mendez is retired and lives in Miami. He worked with Firestone Rubber Company in Akron, was director of the U.S. Army Tropic Test Center in the Panama Canal Zone, and served as a colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve
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