shopping cart
Call us: 800-878-7323 HELP
McAfee SECURE helps keep you safe from identity theft, credit card fraud, spyware, spam, viruses and online scams.
Interviews | July 4, 2009

All posts by Jill Owens Powells.com Interview: Luis Alberto Urrea

2 comments By Jill Owens

Luis Alberto Urrea is a poet, novelist, journalist, and essayist who has been writing about the relationship between the United States and Mexico,... Continue »

  1. $17.49 Sale Hardcover add to wish list

    Into the Beautiful North

    Luis Alberto Urrea
Ships free on qualified orders.
$11.50
List price: $17.00
TRADE PAPER, USED
Ships in 1 to 3 days
Add to Wishlist
Qty Store Section
1 Local Warehouse Literature- A to Z
Click here to hide store locations


More copies of this ISBN:

This title in other formats:

Rain of Gold

by Victor Villasenor

Rain of Gold Cover

ISBN13: 9780385311779
ISBN10: 038531177x
Condition: Standard
All Product Details

Only 1 left in stock at $11.50!

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

This phenomenal national bestseller has received extraordinary reviews and avid national media attention. Novelist Villasenor tells the true-life saga of one family's journey from the days of Pancho Villa in war-ravaged Mexico to the Prohibition era in California.

Review:

"A grand and vivid history... the characters are keenly drawn... often I felt like a family member watching from a corner stool." — The New York Times Book Review
back to top

What Our Readers Are Saying

Add a comment for a chance to win!
Average customer rating based on 1 comment:
rosalizethchao, December 3, 2008 (view all comments by rosalizethchao)
This book is a life changing experience...I grew from the knowledge i gained through the characters and i am who i am due to what lupe has taught me. Also salvador is the every women dreams of and well i could not stop thinking of either of them once i finished the novel.I ran to the library and pickED up THIRTEEN SENSES,AND I FINISHED IT TOO;now i am going to begin reading Wild steps of heaven. THANK YOU LUPE,SALVADOR AND VICTOR who are amazing and i grew to love your parents through these novels.
Was this comment helpful? | Yes | No
(1 of 2 readers found this comment helpful)
report this comment
back to top

Product Details

ISBN:
9780385311779
Foreword:
Villasenor, Victor E.
Author:
Villasenor, Victor E.
Foreword:
Villasenor, Victor
Author:
Villasenor, Victor
Publisher:
Delta
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
California
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Family
Subject:
Mexican americans
Subject:
Mexico
Subject:
Ethnic Cultures
Subject:
Mexican-american authors
Subject:
Mexican American families
Subject:
Mexico Biography.
Subject:
Latin America - Mexico
Subject:
Ethnic Cultures - General
Subject:
Mexican Americans -- California.
Subject:
Villase~nor, Victor - Family
Copyright:
1991
Series Volume:
map I-1325
Publication Date:
September 1992
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
576
Dimensions:
9.16x6.12x1.27 in. 1.41 lbs.
back to top

Other books you might like

  1. $7.95 Used Trade Paper add to wish list

    Thirteen Senses: A Memoir

    Victor Villasenor
  2. $10.95 Used Hardcover add to wish list

    Thirteen Senses

    Victor Villasenor
  3. $7.95 Used Trade Paper add to wish list

    Skinny Legs and All

    Tom Robbins
  4. $7.95 Used Trade Paper add to wish list

    Angela's Ashes

    Frank Mccourt
  5. $7.95 Used Trade Paper add to wish list

    Macho!

    Victor Villasenor
  6. $6.95 Used Trade Paper add to wish list

    Rule of the Bone: A Novel

    Russell Banks and Arturo Patten
back to top

Related Aisles

  • back to top

Powell's City of Books is an independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that fills a whole city block with more than a million new, used, and out of print books. Shop those shelves — plus literally millions more books, DVDs, and eBooks — here at Powells.com.