An edition of Taking hold (2015)
Taking hold
from migrant childhood to Columbia University
By Francisco Jiménez
Publish Date
2015
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Language
eng
Pages
191
Description:
Continuing the best-selling life stories told in "The Circuit, Breaking Through, "and "Reaching Out, "Francisco Jimenez chronicles his efforts and struggles as he continues his education at Columbia University. In this fourth book in the award-winning memoir series, Francisco Jiménez leaves everything behind in California, a loving family, a devoted girlfriend, and the culture that shaped him, to attend Columbia University in New York City.
subjects: Mexican American college students, Mexican Americans, Juvenile literature, Biography, Fiction, Social life and customs, Migrant agricultural laborers, Mexican American families, Children's fiction, Mexican americans, fiction, California, fiction, Family, fiction
People: Francisco Jimenez (1943-), Francisco Jiménez (1943-)