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Dennis Chávez : the first Hispanic US senator /

Dennis Chávez was born in the small farming community of Los Chávez in 1888 in what was then the Territory of New Mexico. His childhood home had dirt floors and no indoor plumbing. As a boy, he tended his father's crops and sheep. He spoke only Spanish and never went to high school or college....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Coy, Cissie (Author)
Other Authors: Ventura, Gabriela Baeza (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Spanish
Language Notes:Text in English and Spanish on inverted pages.
Published: Houston : Piñata Books, an imprint of Arte Público Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Chavez, Dennis, > 1888-1962.
United States. > Congress. > Senate > Biography > Juvenile literature.
1888-1962 > Chavez, Dennis.
Legislators > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Hispanic American politicians > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Politicians > New Mexico > Biography > Juvenile literature.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
New Mexico > Politics and government > Juvenile literature.
Hispanic American politicians.
Legislators.
Politicians.
Politics and government.
Race relations.

Evans: Curriculum Collection (4th floor)

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Call Number: E748.C523 C69 2017
 
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