Way It Was and Other Writings, The

by Jesús Colón, Edna Acosta-Belén, Virginia Sánchez-Korrol

Overview

The Way It Was and Other Writings is an autobiographical recollection of life and the evolution of the Puerto Rican community in New York City and its major figures and organizations. The book documents the strength, spirit of survival and solidarity, and life experiences that Colón shared with many other working-class migrants and politically radical communities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781518503276
Publisher:	Arte Publico Press
Publication date:	05/01/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Jesus Colón is the author of The Way It Was and Other Writings, a collection of articles on life in the Hispanic communities in New York City (published posthumously in 1994), and the highly acclaimed A Puerto Rican in New York (1961), a collection of autobiographical sketches that presents insight into the Puerto Rican minority status in the United States. Colón was a distinguished activist and newspaper columnist who lived in New York from 1917 until his death in 1974.