Pocho

Download or read book Pocho written by Jose Antonio Villarreal and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 1970-11-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jose Antonio Villarreal illuminates here the world of "pochos," Americans whose parents come to the United States from Mexico. Set in Depression-era California, the novel focuses on Richard, a young pocho who experiences the intense conflict between loyalty to the traditions of his family's past and attraction to new ideas. Richard's struggle to achieve adulthood as a young man influenced by two worlds reveals both the uniqueness of the Mexican-American experiences and its common ties with the struggles of all Americans—whatever their past.