A DEATH IN THE SANCHEZ FAMILY

New York, NY: Random House, 1969. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Text/underlining to 2 pgs (xxvi - xxvii) of Introduction, else NEW & Bright. Beige linen boards/NF w/soil spot at lower back edge. DJ/VG; strong w/nips & short closed tears to edges. PO to fEP. LAID-IN: Washington Post obituary of author, anthropologist Oscar Lewis, born Lefkowitz (1914 - 1970) who studied the poor of Mexico City & Puerto Rico. Outstanding study of transferral of held values & perspectives to the slums of New York City by immigrants. tion. On the national "war on poverty", Lewis remarked: "one of the major obstacles to .. progress in the current war against poverty is the great gulf that exists between the values and way of life of the very poor and those of middle class personnel." Poignant account of the laying to rest of Aunt Guadalupe showing for the poor, the struggle bury the dead is as great a hardship as to keep one alive. Lessons & insights for today. 119 pgs in 3 parts: Part I, The Death; II, The Wake; and III, The Burial, followed by Appendix.