Author: Charles D. AmeringerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Don Pepe
Author: Charles D. AmeringerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Married to a Legend, Don Pepe
Author: Henrietta Boggs (Macguire)Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1435719735
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Henrietta Boggs-MacGuire, originally from Birmingham, Alabama and now residing in Montgomery is the 1st First Lady of Costa Rica. Married to a Legend, Don Pepe is the autobiography of Dona Henrietta's life during her time in Costa Rica and marriage to Don Pepe Figueres, former President of Costa Rica. From a young student at Birmingham Southern College to the first, First Lady of the Second Republic of Costa Rica, Henrietta propels us into her life of adventure, marriage, exile, motherhood, revolution, and leadership in this remarkable memoir. It begins in 1940 when Dona Henrietta received a postcard from an aunt and uncle who had settled in Costa Rica after living in several Latin American countries. After falling in love with the postcard, the audacious young Henrietta started one of her many astounding life journeys, literally following the card to Costa Rica. The rest as they say, is history-literally.
The Rooster who Would Not be Quiet!
Author: Carmen Agra DeedyPublisher: Scholastic
ISBN: 9780545722889
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"The mayor of the noisy city of La Paz institutes new laws forbidding all singing, but a brave little rooster decides he must sing, despite the progressively severe punishments he receives for continuing to crow"--
Me and the General
Author: Rosemary Valenti GuarneraPublisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1493158341
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 521
Book Description
ME AND THE GENERAL is a story finally being told after many years. It is the biography of a man named Ralph Liguori, whose life was intertwined with the infamous Charles Lucky Luciano and a would-be president, Thomas E. Dewey. It relates the twists and turns that change the course of his existence. As a young boy, he suffers his first heartfelt tragedy of the loss of his beloved fatherwhich changes his life forever. Segue the Roaring Twenties, an era in which he slowly begins to find himself. In the following years of the Great Depression, there are the struggles to find workonly to succumb, at times, to an easier path in the so-called rackets. His good looks, winning personality, and talents brought him to the attention of the big boys, who befriended him, and Ralph learned of their nefarious ways. But more importantly is his lifelong friendship with Lucky Lucianothe GENERAL and GODFATHERlinked to the betrayal of Thomas E. Dewey in the famous 1936 New York prostitution triala trial that reveals the machinations which caused the incarceration and subsequent exile to Italy for both Ralph and Luciano. In prison, as well as in exile, we find incredulous episodesfantastic taleswhile many loose ends come to fruition. It is a compelling, yet sad, story that illustrates the fine line between good and evil. (The narrative is based on personal interviews on tape and friendship.)
Comfort Woman
Author: Maria Rosa HensonPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1442273569
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
From Comfort Woman: “We began the day with breakfast, after which we swept and cleaned our rooms. Then we went to the bathroom downstairs to wash the only dress we had and to bathe. The bathroom did not even have a door, so the soldiers watched us. We were all naked, and they laughed at us, especially me and the other young girl who did not have any pubic hair. “At two, the soldiers came. My work began, and I lay down as one by one the soldiers raped me. Every day, anywhere from twelve to over twenty soldiers assaulted me. There were times when there were as many as thirty; they came to the garrison in truckloads.” “I lay on the bed with my knees up and my feet on the mat, as if I were giving birth. Whenever the soldiers did not feel satisfied, they vented their anger on me. Every day, there were incidents of violence and humiliation. When the soldiers raped me, I felt like a pig. Sometimes they tied up my right leg with a waist band or a belt and hung it on a nail in the wall as they violated me. “I shook all over. I felt my blood turn white. I heard that there was a group called the Task Force on Filipino Comfort Women looking for women like me. I could not forget the words that blared out of the radio that day: 'Don't be ashamed, being a sex slave is not your fault. It is the responsibility of the Japanese Imperial Army. Stand up and fight for your rights.'” In April 1943, fifteen-year-old Maria Rosa Henson was taken by Japanese soldiers occupying the Philippines and forced into prostitution as a “comfort woman.” In this simply told yet powerfully moving autobiography, Rosa recalls her childhood as the illegitimate daughter of a wealthy landowner, her work for Huk guerrillas, her wartime ordeal, and her marriage to a rebel leader who left her to raise their children alone. Her triumph against all odds is embodied by her decision to go public with the secret she had held close for fifty years. Now in a second edition with a new introduction and foreword that bring the ongoing controversy over the comfort women to the present, this powerful memoir will be essential reading for all those concerned with violence against women.
The Transnational Construction of Mayanness
Author: Fernando Armstrong-FumeroPublisher: University Press of Colorado
ISBN: 1646424271
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
The Transnational Construction of Mayanness explores how US academics, travelers, officials, and capitalists contributed to the construction of the Maya as an area of academic knowledge and affected the lives of the Maya peoples who were the subject of generations of anthropological research from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Expanding discussions of the neocolonial relationship between the US and its southern neighbors and emphasizing little-studied texts virtually inaccessible to those in Mexico and Central America, this is the first and only set of comparative studies to bring in US-based documentary collections as an enriching source of evidence. Contributors tap documentary, ethnographic, and ethnoarchaeological sources from North America to expand established categories of fieldwork and archival research conducted within the national spaces of Mexico and Central America. A particularly rich and diverse set of case studies interrogate the historical processes that remove sources from their place of production in the “field” to the US, challenge the conventional wisdom regarding the geography of data sources that are available for research, and reveal a range of historical relationships that enabled US actors to shape the historical experience of Maya-speaking peoples. The Transnational Construction of Mayanness offers rich insight into transnational relations and suggests new avenues of research that incorporate an expanded corpus of materials that embody the deep-seated relationship between Maya-speaking peoples and various gringo interlocutors. The work is an important bridge between Mayanist anthropology and historiography and broader literatures in American, Atlantic, and Indigenous studies. Contributors: David Carey, M. Bianet Castellanos, Matilde Córdoba Azcárate, Lydia Crafts, John Gust, Julio Cesar Hoil Gutierréz, Jennifer Mathews, Matthew Watson
Mexican Village and Other Works
Author: Josefina NiggliPublisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 0810123401
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 910
Book Description
Born in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico in 1910, Josefina María Niggli was one of the first Latina writers to have her work published in the United States—and thus one of the first to introduce American audiences to the culture and people flourishing along the U.S.–Mexico border. Well ahead of what is now called Chicano literature, her writings—spanning a broad range of genres, subjects, and styles—offer an insider's view of the everyday lives little known or noted outside of their native milieu. In Niggli's plays, for instance, these often invisible working class Mexicans were literally elevated to the public stage, their hidden reality given expression. A long-overdue gathering of Niggli's work, this volume showcases the writer's remarkable literary versatility, as well as the groundbreaking nature of her writing, which in many ways established a blueprint for future generations of writers and readers of Chicano literature. This collection includes Niggli's most famous and influential work, Mexican Village—a literary chronicle of Hidalgo, Mexico, which explores the distinct nature and tensions of Mexican life—along with her novel Step Down, Elder Brother, and five of her most well-known plays.
A History of Modern Latin America
Author: Lawrence A. ClaytonPublisher: Lawrence Clayton
ISBN: 9780534621582
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Unfamiliar with Latin American history? A HISTORY OF MODERN LATIN AMERICA is written just for you. The authors present main theories and analyses of the area's history, balancing economic, social and cultural views while expertly weaving in the history of minorities, women, the environment, culture, literature, and art. Primary documents begin each chapter, offering short glimpses into moments in history and setting the theme for the chapter to follow. Maps, images, bibliographies, discussion questions, and other study aids are included to help you with research assignments and papers.
Birds of Costa Rica
Author: Carrol L. HendersonPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292719655
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
A must-have guide to more than 300 birds that visitors are most likely to see in Costa Rica, includes 464 color photos, including many taken in the wild, and 308 range maps. Original.
Moon Costa Rica
Author: Christopher P. BakerPublisher: Moon Travel
ISBN: 1566918472
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
A guide to both a country and a culture offers essays, sports information, lists of accommodations, restaurants, and shopping tips.