CABALLERO

by Jovita & Eve Raleigh Gonzlez ‧ RELEASE DATE: June 3, 1996

Written in the 1930s and '40s, recently rediscovered and now published for the first time, this appealing saga traces the aftereffects on a once-prosperous Mexican family of the US annexation (in the mid--19th century) of the southern Texas territory in which they have long lived. Gonzlez, who was a well-known folklorist and teacher, and her collaborator (of whom virtually nothing is known) paint a knowledgeable picture of the subsequent Mexican War and of lives irrevocably changed by it. But a strong undercurrent of romantic clich‚s makes what might have been a Mexican American Gone With the Wind an only mediocre fiction that's of primarily sociological interest.

Pub Date: June 3, 1996

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: 350

Publisher: Texas A&M

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 15, 1996

Categories: FICTION