Las Aventuras de Don Chipote, O Cuando Los Pericos Mamen (Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage) (Spanish Edition)

Originally published in 1928, this unknown classic of American literature tells the bittersweet tale of a greenhorn who abandons his plot of land (and a shack full of children) in Mexico to come to the United States and sweep the gold up from the streets. The author, himself a former immigrant laborer, spins his tale using the Chicano vernacuar of that time. Kanellos provides an accesible and well-documented introduction to this important novel discovered in 1984.