More Than An American." Immigration: An Intimate Study de Larriva, Young-jim-fong - 2010

Alamosa CO / Morgan Hill CA: Bookstand Publishing, 2010. Paperback. [xiv], 184p., alkaline paperstock, a nice production illustrated with photos of author's sculpture and painting, softbound in 8x5 inch glossy color wraps. A fine unblemished copy. Larriva grew up in the American Southwest, spent next thirty years in Hawaii, recently settled in Colorado and caught up on all the US history he had been spared. Here he is taking stock, angry and articulate, of American promise versus American performance. Author's note: "my mother was illegally from Chihuahua and my father illegally from China