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... And the Earth Did Not Devour Him and Related Readings
And the Earth Did Not Devour Him and Related Readings Author:Tomas Rivera The stories in this book are are about the experiences of the poor, migrant farmworker. They depict the cruelty of the life, but also the ability of acommunity to come together to help one another survive. — Tomas Rivera was born into a family of Mexican-American migrant workers in Crystal City, Texas. He traveled and worked in the fields with th... more »em until he went to junior college. Later, he became a professor of Spanish literature and was chancellor of the University of California, Riverside, when he died suddenly at age 49. Rivera's impressionistic 1971 novel migrant life...And The Earth Did Not Devour Him, is considered a landmark of Chicano literature.« less