Bibliograph

You can't be Mexican, you talk just like me, Frank S. Mendez

Type

Label

You can't be Mexican, you talk just like me, Frank S. Mendez

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

You can't be Mexican, you talk just like me

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Frank S. Mendez

Series statement

Voices of diversity

Summary

A firsthand account of the immigrant experience in America. Frank Mendez, a child of Mexican immigrants, begins his memoir with the story of his father's harrowing migration from Mexico to Texas in 1920 as he escaped from Zapata's guerrrillos and continues with his story of growing up in northeast Ohio. He recounts the Mendez family's experience with the Depression, living in the Lorain, Ohio barrio, labor issues, racism, and World War II. Mendez dropped out of high school in 1943 and enlisted in the Marine Corps where he served twenty-two months in the Pacific theatre. When he returned to Lorain, he received his high school diploma, bachelor's and master's degrees, and a professional engineering license. With an easy, engaging style, Mendez deals directly with the matter of personal identity, addressing the issues that confronted him as he tried to sort out his sometimes conflicting Mexican and American heritage. You Can't Be Mexican comments on the social and political issues of the twentieth century and will appeal to those interested in immigrant studies and ethnicity studies and modern social history

Target audience

adult

Classification