Paredes, Américo,  1915-1999, <br/><br/>
The hammon and the beans and other stories / 
Américo Paredes ; with an introduction by Rámon Saldívar. 
 - 1 online resource. 
<br/><br/>The hammon and the beans -- Over the waves is out -- Macaria's daughter -- A cold night -- The Gringo -- A small brown bird -- Revenge -- Brothers -- Rebeca -- Little Joe -- The gift -- When it snowed in Kitabamba -- Ichiro Kikuchi -- Sugamo -- The terribly high cost -- Getting an oboe for Joe -- The American dish. 
<br/><br/> The ongoing struggle of Mexican-Americans between their Mexican past and their American future. The cultural confrontation is taken all the way to the Far East with stories on Mexican-American soldiers fighting the Korean War and living in Japan. By the author of With His Pistol in His Hand: A Border Ballad and Its Hero. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781518501746 1518501745 9781518502712 1518502717 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mexican Americans--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Fiction.<br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS3531.A525 ebook 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>813.54