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QUARTERBACK WHO ALMOST WASN'T
by PRIETO, JORGE
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1558851097
- ISBN 13
- 9781558851092
- Seller
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Durham, California, United States
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About This Item
Houston, TX: Arte Publico Pr. Very Good. 1994. First Edition. paperback. 8.8 X 5.8 X 0.8 inches. VERY GOOD CONDITION nice copy. PAPERBACK,clean, solid, bright; WHITE titles on GREEN paper covers...FOOTBALL PLAYER.. cover art..; Photo FRONTIS ILUST; 128 pages; autobiography is the story of a young football player, born in Mexico in 1918, who survived two major illnesses and grew up to become a physician. Boys, especially, will enjoy the detailed accounts of strategies and plays on the gridiron. The son of a key player in the Mexican Revolution early in this century, Prieto describes the hardships of poverty and political exile and the racism he experienced in a time when he and his family were the only Mexicans on their block. In spite of these difficulties, he earned a scholarship to the "little school back east that accepts Catholics"--Notre Dame .
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- Bookseller
- Wonderful Books by Mail (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 125795
- Title
- QUARTERBACK WHO ALMOST WASN'T
- Author
- PRIETO, JORGE
- Illustrator
- RAMIREZ, GLADYS COVER DESIGN
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1558851097
- ISBN 13
- 9781558851092
- Publisher
- Arte Publico Pr
- Place of Publication
- Houston, TX
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- Chicano, Texas California, Border Crossing, Immigration, Mexico American, Hispanic, Biography, Mexican American, Literature criticism
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