They Were Legal: Balzac y Lopez The History of an Hispanic Family New York 1901-1960 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781463410292)

They Were Legal: Balzac y Lopez The History of an Hispanic Family New York 1901 - 1906 In Part I of They Were Legal: Balzac y Lopez, Spanish and French Pep? Balzac, a compositor and translator, emigrates from Puerto Rico just after the Annexation. Once in New York City, he finds himself in the vortex of irresistible events: the assassination of McKinley, World War I, the Spanish Flu Epidemic, the Depression and the Great Hurricane of 1938. Coming from a genteel island culture, Pep? runs smack into the dog-eat-dog immigrant existence that kills his sister-in-law, Daisy Lopez in the Triangle Fire 1911. Part II presents the tears and laughter of Nena, Pep?'s daughter - weaver of tales, preserver of the past, mother and surrogate mother, avid moviegoer and kindest of kind spirits.

Author: Diane Fortuna
ISBN-10: 1463410298
ISBN-13: 9781463410292
Publisher: Authorhouse
Language: English
Published: 12/30/2011
Pages: 448
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.44lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d