The Miners' Lament : A Story of Latina Activists in the Empire Zinc Mine Strike
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
I am America Set 4
ISBN-10
1631635344
ISBN-13
9781631635342
Publisher
Jolly Fish Press
Imprint
Jolly Fish Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 1st, 2021
Print length
160 Pages
Weight
254 grams
Dimensions
13.40 x 19.70 x 1.70 cms
Product Classification:
Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage)
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Ana Maria Garcia writes a corrido about her mother’s death, the injustices her Mexican American mining community faces, and her experiences on the picket line in the hopes of winning a talent show, saving her treasured vihuela, and earning money for rent.
It’s 1951, and workers at the Empire Zinc mine in Alba, New Mexico, have been striking for months. Among them is Ana Maria Garcia’s father, who says they may need to sell her vihuela to pay rent. But her vihuela was a gift from her recently deceased mother, and her dream is to be a corridista, a singer of Mexican ballads. As Ana Maria is drawn to the picket line, she is inspired to write a corrido about her mother and the other women of the mining community. An upcoming talent show may be Ana Maria’s chance to earn money for rent and save her vihuela—if she can give voice to the song of her heart. It’s the storytellers that preserve a nation’s history. But what happens when some stories are silenced? The I Am America series features fictional stories based on important historical events about people whose voices have been excluded, lost, or forgotten over time.
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