Historical Fiction Latino

Ceferino Carrión is desperate for a new life - one of opportunity, fortune, and fame. But he knows he’ll never find this life in war-torn Spain. With his home country under the heel of the devastating Franco dictatorship and call-up papers on his doorstep, Cefe knows there’s only one thing he can do: run. A new life awaits in America, as does a new name - Jean Leon. From the concrete valleys of the Bronx to the sun-soaked hills of California, Jean crosses paths with legendary superstars, political powerhouses, and dangerous mobsters as he flees his past and pursues his dreams.

Quand il arrive à Irún où il espère rejoindre sa famille, Aïta trouve la maison vide. Le gâteau de riz abandonné révèle un départ précipité. En ce mois d'août 1936, le Pays basque espagnol risque de tomber entre les mains des franquistes. Aïta sait que ses beaux-frères sont des activistes. Informé par une voisine, il parvient à retrouver les siens à Hendaye. Ama, leurs trois fils, les grands-parents et les oncles ont trouvé refuge dans une maison amie. Aucun d'eux ne sait encore qu'ils ne reviendront pas en Espagne.

Barrio Logan, one of San Diego’s oldest Chicane neighborhoods, once brimmed with families and stretched all the way to the glorious San Diego Bay. But in the decades after WWII, the community lost their beach and bayfront to factories, junkyards, and an interstate that divided the neighborhood and forced around 5,000 people out of their homes. Then on April 22, 1970, residents discovered that the construction crew they believed was building a park—one the city had promised them years ago—was actually breaking ground for a police station.

Jovita dreamed of wearing pants! She hated the big skirts Abuela made her wear. She wanted to scale the tallest mesquite tree on her rancho, ride her horse, and feel the wind curl her face into a smile. When her father and brothers joined the Cristero War to fight for religious freedom, Jovita wanted to go, too. Forbidden, she defied her father's rules - and society's - and found a clever way to become a trailblazing revolutionary, wearing pants!

Roderick Blockstone es un apuesto joven que lo tiene todo; una hermosa y encantadora esposa, un puesto en el Parlamento, y una gran finca. Pero muy pronto se convierte en un joven malhumorado cuando su amada esposa muere en el parto de su hija. Su primera y única hija, Ann, crece traviesa y desobediente, ignorando descaradamente las lecciones de etiqueta que recibe de su tutora. Solitaria y desenfrenada, Ann se hace amiga de Henry, el muchacho del establo.

Follow the life of Luz, a Mexican-American war hero who fought for equality and created the oldest Latino civil rights organization in the United States.

Esta ficción histórica basada en hechos reales que describe el espíritu de la época, las motivaciones de los protagonistas y el desarrollo del conflicto entre las facciones en pugna, intentando representar los hechos con la máxima objetividad posible. Es una tarea extremadamente compleja porque es un tema tan conflictivo que la elección de las palabras que describen el hecho ya implica una toma de posición.