Tracks - Couverture souple

McLinden, Daniel

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798896762119

Editeur : Arpress, 2021

Synopsis

America - land of opportunity - nation of immigrants.

There is a special magic to America. It comes from the diversity of its people.

Like the characters in Tracks they come from all over - places like Guadalajara, Chapala, Chihuahua and Zacatecas, Mexico, Kirkaldy, Scotland, Barnmeen, Ireland, Copenhagen, Denmark, disputed territory in the shadow of Mt. Ararat in the Caucasus Mountain Range, Bremerhaven, Germany, and Padua, Italy.

In 1919, when young Pedro Figueroa and Antonio Flores were refused seats to a travelling Shakespearian and Broadway show on a Saturday night in a saloon in Socorro, New Mexico, the lead actor stopped the show and took them aside. He offered these words of encouragement:

"You boys got to do the same things my folks did. Work hard. Raise a family. Make sure your kids get to school. Your day will come. This is a great country. Look, we got rid of slavery. Things get better all the time. Lives are lived in stages. Look at the caterpillar, crawling about, making little tracks on the ground, and then it's into a cocoon, and before long, it's flying about, a butterfly."

Tracks is a testament to the spirit of immigrants who come to America and make it a better place.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Daniel McLinden - born to World War II veterans, a Navy nurse and career Navy pilot, is the second of seven children who grew up all over the United States. The author has a BA in Spanish, MA in Spanish, and JD in law. He has practiced law as a civil trial lawyer for over thirty years, and now teaches a variety of law courses at two colleges in Los Angeles. He has lived and traveled in Mexico, and hitch-hiked through South America. When in his twenties he taught migrant workers English.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Arpress
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798896762119
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 188
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• Personne responsable: non disponible