A soldier at the age of eleven; an honorably discharged veteran at age of thirteen; a miner, a cotton-picker, a shepherd, and a graduate of Hollywood High, Luis

Upon being given a discharge and a twenty-dollar bill, he walked across the border to become an American. His story concluded - after an episode of amorous misa

Luis Perez became a Spanish teacher in the United States after a life that included joining the Mexican rebel army at eleven, earning the nickname "El Coyote" f

A major anthology of Hispanic writing in the U.S., ranging from the early Spanish explorers to the present day.

Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Project is a national project to locate, identify, preserve and make accessible the literary contributions of U.S. Hispani