Elvira: Una mujer inmigrante mexicana (Spanish Edition)

By Elvira C HernandezELVIRA is the POIGNANT LIFE STORY OF A GIRL whose family IMMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES to escape the violence of the MEXICAN REVOLUTION (1910-1921).- Her father, Jacobo Chávez, first found WORK ON THE RAILROAD in Texas and far-away states.- Remaining in El Paso, the WOMEN were obliged to LIVE IN CRAMPED BOXCARS WITH THEIR CHILDREN and to SEEK WORK AS DOMESTICS.- Later, her father found a better paying job in the MEAT-PACKING PLANTS OF KANSAS CITY.- Fatefully, the Chavezes were then RECRUITED TO SCOTTSBLUFF, NEBRASKA where the ENTIRE FAMILY - some as young as five years old - LABORED IN THE SUGAR-BEET AND POTATO FIELDS.Elvira weaves into her FAMILY HISTORY heartrending stories of BACKBREAKING LABOR, ILLNESS AND DEATH, and the challenges of RACISM and of LIFE BETWEEN TWO VERY DIFFERENT CULTURES.- TUBERCULOSIS strikes several family members.- Poisonings from BOOTLEG WHISKEY.- RACIAL CONFLICT with Anglo-Americans and Blacks.- SUPPRESSION OF SPANISH by teachers.- Seve