The farthest home is in an empire of fire : a Tejano elegy /

In his 1999 memoir Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation, John Phillip Santos told the story of one Mexican family--his father's--set within the larger story of Mexico itself. In this new book, he tells of how another family--this time, his mother's--erased and forgot, over time,...

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Main Author: Santos, John Phillip
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Viking, 2010.
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