| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
viii, 413 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Summary |
The 11-term Congressman "recounts his life between two worlds: too Puerto Rican in America, where he was born and yet was told to 'go back to where you came from'; too American in Puerto Rico, where he was ridiculed as a 'gringo' who couldn't speak Spanish"--Dust jacket flap. |
| Contents |
Ring of fire -- When Lincoln Park was Puerto Rican -- Leaving home, going home -- The gringo is bothering me -- Paying sugarcane cutters under the flamboyán tree -- Winning a medal for speaking English -- A declaration of independence -- Puerto Rican lucky numbers -- Cabdriver, exterminator, spark-plug salesman -- Neon-orange campaign signs -- Learning to beat the Chicago machine -- I would cut my throat from ear to ear before I count those ballots -- A soldier in Harold Washington's army -- Cockfighting in the basement of your business is strictly prohibited -- Congressional pay freeze, congressional pariah -- Why don't you and your people just go back where you came from? -- Fifty thousand new citizens -- Senator Obama's fence -- Arrest me, not my friends -- Immigrants can't wait any longer -- Too Puerto Rican for America, too American for Puerto Rico. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Subject |
Gutierrez, Luis V., 1953-
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United States. Congress. House -- Biography.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
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Hispanic Americans -- Politics and government.
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Hispanic Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography.
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Chicago (Ill.) -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Scofield, Doug, author.
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| ISBN |
9780393088977 hardback |
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0393088979 hardback |
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