Migrants by Roger Mendoza
This book, "Migrants: Exploring the Colors of my Family History," follows the story of the lives of three families: Longoria, Garza, and Mendoza, each living in different regions of Mexico, and strangers to each other. The Mexican Revolution rages on during this time. In Tamaulipas, Mexico the Longoria family migrate across the border to Brownsville, Texas to keep their family safe and search for a better life. Meanwhile, in Monterrey, Mexico, a chance encounter between Margarita Garza and Encarnacion Mendoza leads to a union of the happy couple and they raise their family together. Although, somewhat insulated from the Mexican Revolution, they thrive in General Teran, Mexico until Plutarco Elias Calles becomes the president of Mexico and begins an anti-Catholic campaign.Encarnacion and Margarita are devout Catholics and are friends with the Calles' family, including his son, Aco who acquired a large plantation nearby. A deadly conflict develops between Encarnacion and the Calles family. The Mendoza family flees to the safety of Texas. Eventually in McAllen, Texas, Encarnacion Mendoza and his wife Margarita Garza befriend Anselmo Longoria and both families continue their journey of assimilating into the United States culture. Their story continues as they struggle and succeed to protect their families, to become model citizens, and, in some cases, give up their lives to achieve their dreams.
Mendoza, Roger: - Roger Mendoza lives in San Antonio, Texas, the seventh largest city in the United States. In 2014, he moved back to his birth town from Parker, Colorado where he had lived for fifteen years. Living on the outskirts of San Antonio, he still enjoys the taste of the rural life that he loves so much and the many conveniences that the big city provides. He worked most of his life as a Software Engineer in the defense industry where he cultivated his passion for computer programming but is now retired. Along with writing novels, Roger is also a professional photographer and can often be seen toting his camera looking for photo opportunities in and around town. He loves to capture nature photography and beautiful scenery. He was born eighth in a family of ten children. There were five boys and five girls with an age span of about twenty-three years. With a fascination for his family history, he has spent years gathering his parent's family photographs and documents. He has catalogued the family's collections and digitized them all. He loves keeping the family tree database updated with new family members as they are born. Roger loves to review the thousands of family photographs and documents while imagining what these people - these relatives were like. Roger has always had an interest in understanding the philosophy of life, why people act the way they do and how we all fit into the grander scheme of life itself. He still believes in 'happy endings', even though life often gets in the way of that outcome on occasion. He's always had a fascination for unusual phenomena - the most being the drama of life itself. It still amazes him why so much drama fills the life of his friends and family. Perhaps it is observing that drama that sparks his imagination and gives his characters life.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781938962301 |
| ISBN 10 | 1938962303 |
| Title | Migrants |
| Author | Roger Mendoza |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Romen Graphics |
| Year published | 2020-09-02 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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