This Sunday, Jan. 27th, from 1 - 4 pm at The Book Bank at 420 Live Oak St., in Miami.
THE WORM IN MY TOMATO by Santo Vega
During the Great Depression President Herbert Hoover authorized the deportation of more than ½ million Mexicans and Mexican-Americans in what was called "Mexican Repatriation." Santos Vega was just 6 months old in 1932 when his family boarded the Repatriation Train at the Miami Depot. In his book, THE WORM IN MY TOMATO, author & educator Vega tells the heart-wrenching story of his own family’s “voluntary repatriation” from Miami, Arizona to rural Mexico & back.
ARIZONA’S HISPANIC FLYBOYS by Rudy Villareal
The events of World War 2 have been well documented over the last 60 years, but not much has been written about Hispanics who served from 1941 to 45, especially those in the elite volunteer services who fought the war from above. Author & Morenci native Rudy Villarreal set out to fill that gap by telling the stories of 269 Arizona Hispanic men, nearly 40 from Globe, Miami & other nearby mining towns, who served in the air corps of the US Army & Navy, in his book ARIZONA’S HISPANIC FLYBOYS: 1941-1945.
SPIRIT DANCER by Terry Links
26 year old Jolene lives a life of loneliness, hardship & sorrow on her father’s remote ranch in New Mexico. She knows his failing health will soon leave her to carry on by herself. Working alone at the far reaches of the ranch, Jolene suffers a terrible accident, only to wake in a different time & place, under the care of a handsome, mysterious stranger. If Jolene returns to her father, will she break the spell that binds her to this native spirit from the past? Find out in Terry Links’ inaugural book – SPIRIT DANCER.