A Migrant With Hope
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- Synopsis
- "My life as a young girl was far from representative of American experience, for I belonged to a minority of a minority." Thus Elizabeth Newby begins the story of her life. It is a story of a Mexican-American migrant child who with her family lived for thirteen years in the back of a truck. From the first chapter which tells of these years when the family followed the harvests of cotton and fruits and vegetables back and forth across America, the author continues in the second chapter to describe her family's life as settled migrants with a home on solid ground. Other chapters tell of Elizabeth's struggle for independence, which brought dis- ownment by her family, and of the experience of liberation Elizabeth found. Her liberation to a world of ideas and an altered view of family life was one she could not even dream. In the final chapters, Elizabeth tells of her spiritual journey. She describes the influence of a Southern Baptist mission in providing spiritual help and renewed hope for migrant families. Elizabeth Newby says: "Through times of both doubt and assurance, I have developed a faith that has been sufficient to sustain me during the most difficult crises. Most of my readers have never lived in a truck, but all have their own problems, and my hope is that my story may be of help in facing them."
- Copyright:
- 1977
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 138 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780805472189
- Publisher:
- Friends United Press Richmond
- Date of Addition:
- 06/27/20
- Copyrighted By:
- Broadman Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Religion and Spirituality, Social Studies
- Submitted By:
- Larry Lumpkin
- Proofread By:
- Jessica Woods
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Foreword by:
- D. Elton Trueblood
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