At the age of fourteen, Francisco Jimenez, together with his older brother Roberto and his mother, are caught by la migra. Forced to leave their home, the entire family travels all night for twenty ho
Francisco Jimenez emigrated from Tlaquepaque, Mexico, to California, where he worked for many years in the fields with his family. He received both his master’s degree and his Ph.D. from Columbia Univ
This sequel to The Circuit completes the telling of the young life of Francisco Jimenez, a young Mexican immigrant who worked, struggled, and sacrificed with his large family to stay alive and stay to
