The Horse in the Kitchen
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The Horse in the Kitchen by Ralph M Flores
Born in 1908, two years before the start of the Mexican Revolution, Rafael lives in the village of San Cristobal, in northern Sonora, Mexico, where his father, the village comisario, owns a bar, pool hall, and grocery store. This is a ranching town where vaqueros are heroes, and horses and bulls, as well as coyotes and rattlesnakes, provide thrills and teach lessons that Rafael and his brothers will never forget. The boy's earliest memories are of mounted revolutionaries riding through town and commandeering horses for Pancho Villa's campesino army. When his parents lose their life savings in the revolution, the family crosses the border to Arizona. Life in the north is a struggle, and young Rafael must put aside his dreams of education and work with his brothers picking lettuce wherever labourers are needed.
Ralph M Flores teaches at Albuquerque's Technical Vocational Institute; he lives in Tome, New Mexico.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780826333667 |
| ISBN 10 | 0826333664 |
| Title | The Horse in the Kitchen |
| Author | Ralph M Flores |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | University of New Mexico Press |
| Year published | 2004-04-30 |
| Number of pages | 194 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |