Dear San Antonio, I'm Gone but not Lost: Letters to the World from your Voting Rights Hero Willie Velasquez on the Occasion of his Rebirth 1944 - 1988 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781948955010)

It all started when he saved a man from drowning in a flood. Determined to spare his humble neighborhood from chronic and often fatal flooding, young Willie Velasquez would go on to transform the American electoral landscape. Based on a true story, Dear San Antonio, I'm Gone but not Lost details Willie's remarkable journey from neighborhood hero to American voting rights champion. Through a series of provocative letters penned by Willie from the beyond, author Barbara Renaud Gonzalez offers a fresh view of the civil rights movement from a Latino perspective and shows that heroes are human, too. Follow Willie through Texas and the Southwest, the East Coast, and door-to-door as he works tirelessly to empower Latinos through the power of the vote.

Author: Barbara Renaud Gonzalez
ISBN-10: 1948955016
ISBN-13: 9781948955010
Publisher: Auris Books
Language: English
Published: 11/19/2018
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.27d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001