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Prior to the working on the book, Bush met all of the immigrants whose stories are covered in the book. [1] In creating the book, Bush stated "My hope is that Out of Many, One will help focus our collective attention on the positive effects that immigrants have on our country." [2] Out of Many, One quickly became a New York Times bestseller. [2]
The latter work introduced Houston homicide detective Stuart Haydon, a cultured, independently wealthy protagonist who appeared in four subsequent novels. By 1994 Lindsey had over two million books in print. [2] By 2004, his novels had been translated into 20 languages. [3] His 1990 novel Mercy was adapted into a movie - also called Mercy - in ...
The powerful mother is a common pivotal figure in immigrant fiction, just as the sensitive child, torn between this matriarchal authority and a weaker, less adaptive father, often assumes the book's central consciousness. Paule Marshall's Brown Girl, Brownstones (1959), fits the pattern, with its tense mother-daughter duo, Silla and Selina ...
Texas is a 1985 novel by American writer James A. Michener (1907–1997), based on the history of Texas.Characters include real and fictional characters spanning hundreds of years, such as explorers, Spanish colonists, American immigrants, German Texan settlers, ranchers, oil men, aristocrats, Chicanos, and others, all based on extensive historical research.
Taylor argued that while the book did discuss failed attempts to establish a black elite in Houston, the book had not covered adequate ground on describing relations between blacks and Hispanics and Latinos, the roles of socio-civic groups such as the NAACP, churches, fraternal orders, nor the overall economic structure of black Houston. [15 ...
The book sets out to discuss themes including free speech and cancel culture through the perspective of a non-Western immigrant. [4] It particularly addresses why the West has a negative view of itself, and why that is self-destructive. [5] One of the themes of the book is the history of slavery and the way it is taught in American schools.
As early as the age of fifteen, Cornejo Villavicencio began writing professionally about jazz for a downtown NYC jazz publication. [12] Though Cornejo Villavicencio did not know where she wanted her career to go at first, she later discovered her passion in advocating for issues regarding immigration, mental illness, and the culture of people who are undocumented. [14]
Pages in category "Novels set in Houston" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Act of Love ...