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The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child
Francisco Jim Enez
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Description for The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child
Hardback. A collection of 12 short stories presented from the perspective of a young boy, in which the author narrates his childhood experiences growing up in a family of Mexican migrant farm workers. Num Pages: 134 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; FA; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 184 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150.
After dark in a Mexican border town, a father holds open a hole in a wire fence as his wife and two small boys crawl through.
So begins life in the United States for many people every day. And so begins this collection of twelve autobiographical stories by Santa Clara University professor Francisco Jiménez, who at the age of four illegally crossed the border with his family in 1947.
The Circuit, the story of young Panchito and his trumpet, is one of the most widely anthologized stories in Chicano literature. At long last, Jiménez offers more about the ... Read more
After dark in a Mexican border town, a father holds open a hole in a wire fence as his wife and two small boys crawl through.
So begins life in the United States for many people every day. And so begins this collection of twelve autobiographical stories by Santa Clara University professor Francisco Jiménez, who at the age of four illegally crossed the border with his family in 1947.
The Circuit, the story of young Panchito and his trumpet, is one of the most widely anthologized stories in Chicano literature. At long last, Jiménez offers more about the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
134
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826317971
SKU
V9780826317971
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