Spring 2001

TRUE TALES FROM ANOTHER MEXICO: The Lynch Mob, the Popsicle Kings, Chalino, and the Bronx

by C. M. Mayo

Current Books TRUE TALES FROM ANOTHER MEXICO: The Lynch Mob, the Popsicle Kings, Chalino, and the Bronx. BySam Quinones. Univ. of New Mexico Press. 336 pp. $29.95 "l'oor Mexico," lamented the dictator Porfirio Di'az, "so far from God ancl so close to the United States." Echoing Porfirio, most Americans writing on Mexico portray it as a pitiable place, impoverished, corrupt, and hopeless. And so this beautifully written collection of essays is a wonder and a delight. Quinones, a...

Current Books

TRUE TALES FROM ANOTHER MEXICO: The Lynch Mob, the Popsicle Kings, Chalino, and the Bronx.

By Sam Quinones. Univ. of New Mexico Press. 336 pp. $29.95

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