Antonio's Gun and Delfino's Dream True Tales of Mexican Migration

Name: Antonio's Gun and Delfino's Dream True Tales of Mexican Migration
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ISBN: 9780826342553

ISBN-10: 0826342558

ISBN-13: 9780826342553

Edition: 2008

Authors: Sam Quinones

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Sam Quinones's first book, "True Tales From Another Mexico," was acclaimed for the way it peered into the corners of that country for its larger truths and complexities. "Antonio's Gun and Delfino's Dream," Quinones's second collection of nonfiction tales, does the same for one of the most important issues of our times: the migration of Mexicans to the United States. Quinones has covered the world of Mexican immigrants for the last thirteen years--from Chicago to Oaxaca, Michoacan to southeast Los Angeles, Tijuana to Texas. Along the way, he has uncovered stories that help illuminate all that Mexicans seek when they come north, how they change their new country, and are changed by it. Here…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Publication date: 2/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 329
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Introduction: Antonio's Gun



Delfino I: A Sunday Afternoon Dream in the Alameda



The Tomato King



The Saga of South Gate



Doyle and Chuy Wrap Juarez in Velvet



Delfino II: Diez in the Desert



The Beautiful Insanity of Enrique Fuentes



Atolinga



A Soccer Season in Southwest Kansas



Delfino III: Alive in L.A.


Epilogue: Leaving Mexico


Story Updates


Acknowledgments