Bibliograph

Dew on the thorn, Jovita González ; edited and introduced by José E. Limón

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Label

Dew on the thorn, Jovita González ; edited and introduced by José E. Limón

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Dew on the thorn

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

34548744

Responsibility statement

Jovita González ; edited and introduced by José E. Limón

Series statement

Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project publication

Summary

The story of a wealthy land-owning ranchero family named Olivares in South Texas at the turn of the 20th century, told as a series of vigenettes held together by a loose narrative. The novel deals with the complex tensions between nationalities and races in the border country. The land, deeded to the Olivares family in 1764 by Revilla Gigedo, the Viceroy of New Spain, now technically belongs to America because of the U.S.-Mexico War. The rancheros employ many Native Americans and Mestizos in a sort of permanent indentured servitude. Even even though the Native Americans and Mestizos have been on the land even longer than the Spanish-Mexicans, Olivares look down on their ranch hands, further exacerbating tensions. Dew on the Thorn was probably written at various intervals between 1926 and 1949

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