American literature -- Mexican American authors
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works of literature in English by Mexican Americans. Works of literature in Spanish by Mexican Americans are entered under Mexican American literature (Spanish).
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Rigoberto Gonzalez Papers,
Collection
Identifier: 99
Abstract
Born in Bakersfield, California on July 18, 1970, and raised in Michoacán, Mexico, he is the son and grandson of migrant farmworkers, both parents now deceased. His extended family migrated back to California in 1980 and returned to Mexico in 1992. González remained alone in the U.S. to complete his education. Details of his troubled childhood in Michoacán and his difficult adolescence as an immigrant in California are the basis for his coming of age memoir Butterfly Boy: Memories of a...
Dates:
1993-2008
Found in:
Chicano Studies Research Center Library