The Miners' Lament : A Story of Latina Activists in the Empire Zinc Mine Strike Hardback
by Judy Dodge Cummings
Illustrated by Eric Freeberg
Part of the I am America Set 4 series
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It's 1951, and workers at the Empire Zinc mine in Alba, New Mexico, have been striking for months.
Among them is Ana Maria Garcia's father, who says they may need to sell her vihuela to pay rent.
But her vihuela was a gift from her recently deceased mother, and her dream is to be a corridista, a singer of Mexican ballads.
As Ana Maria is drawn to the picket line, she is inspired to write a corrido about her mother and the other women of the mining community.
An upcoming talent show may be Ana Maria's chance to earn money for rent and save her vihuela--if she can give voice to the song of her heart. It's the storytellers that preserve a nation's history.
But what happens when some stories are silenced? The I Am America series features fictional stories based on important historical events from people whose voices have been under represented, lost, or forgotten over time.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:160 pages
- Publisher:Jolly Fish Press
- Publication Date:01/09/2021
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- ISBN:9781631635342
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:160 pages
- Publisher:Jolly Fish Press
- Publication Date:01/09/2021
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- ISBN:9781631635342