{"product_id":"caballero-jovita-gonzzalez-9780890967003","title":"Caballero: A Historical Novel","description":"Jovita González and Eve Raleigh's \u003ci\u003eCaballero: A Historical Novel\u003c\/i\u003e, a milestone in Mexican-American and Texas literature written during the 1930s and 1940s, centers on a mid-nineteenth-century Mexican landowner and his family living in the heart of southern Texas during a time of tumultuous change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After covering the American military occupation of South Texas, the story involves the reader in romances between young lovers from opposing sides during the military conflict of the US-Mexico War. The young protagonists fall in love but face struggles with race, class, gender, and sexual contradictions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This work, long lost in a collection of private paper and unavailable until now, serves as a literary enthnography of South Texas-Mexican folklore customs and traditions as well as a feminist critque of rigid patriarchal culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With an introduction by José E. Limón, epilogue by María Cotera, and foreward by Thomas H. Kreneck. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e JOVITA GONZÁLEZ was and educator, folklorist, and historian who received her master's degree in history in 1930 from the University of Texas at Austin. She was a protégé of J. Frank Dobie and a Rockefeller grant award recipient. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e EVE RALEIGH is co-author Margaret Eimer's pseudonym. She was residing in Missouri at the time of her death in 1978.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jovita González, Eve Raleigh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0890967008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780890967003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas A\u0026amp;M University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.03h x 6.04w x 1.03d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/20\/1996 pg. 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/1996 pg. 158","brand":"Jovita González","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46571402887423,"sku":"9780890967003","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2f706461-55a8-4261-8eb6-d8cdb4256de3.jpg?v=1738808133","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/caballero-jovita-gonzzalez-9780890967003","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}