| They Were Legal: Balzac y Lopez The History of an Hispanic Family New York 1901-1960 Contributor(s): Fortuna, Diane (Author) |
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ISBN: 1463410298 ISBN-13: 9781463410292 Publisher: Authorhouse OUR PRICE: $18.44 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Family & Relationships - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Hispanic American Studies |
| LCCN: 2011962631 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 9" (1.44 lbs) 448 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic |
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| Publisher Description: They Were Legal: Balzac y Lopez The History of an Hispanic Family New York 1901 - 1906 In Part I of They Were Legal: Balzac y Lopez, Spanish and French Pepin Balzac, a compositor and translator, emigrates from Puerto Rico just after the Annexation. Once in New York City, he finds himself in the vortex of irresistible events: the assassination of McKinley, World War I, the Spanish Flu Epidemic, the Depression and the Great Hurricane of 1938. Coming from a genteel island culture, Pepin runs smack into the dog-eat-dog immigrant existence that kills his sister-in-law, Daisy Lopez in the Triangle Fire 1911. Part II presents the tears and laughter of Nena, Pepin's daughter - weaver of tales, preserver of the past, mother and surrogate mother, avid moviegoer and kindest of kind spirits." |
