Campobello, Nallie , 1909-1986

Cartucho ; and, My mother's hands / by Nellie Campobello ; translated by Doris Meyer and Irene Matthews ; introduction by Elena Poniatowska - 1st ed. - Austin : University of Texas Press , 1988. - xiv, 129 p. ; 23 cm. - The Texas Pan American series .

Translation of: Cartucho and Las manos de mamá.

Cartucho and My Mother's Hands are autobiographical evocations of a childhood spent amidst the violence and turmoil of the Revolution in Mexico. They are noteworthy, too, as one of the few first-person accounts of the female experience in the early years of the Mexican Revolution and unique in their presentation of events from a child's perspective.

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Mexico---History---Revolution, 1910-1920----Fiction


Historical fiction
War stories

PQ7297.C24448 / C3713 1988

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