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"They had just crossed the bridge into the United States. Their
feet were now firmly planted on the soil that was their promised
land. They had made it! Blessed be the Virgin of Guadalupe! Now
they had no reason to fear the villistas, the carrancistas, the
government, or the revolutionaries! Here they could find peace,
work, wealth and happiness!" And so begins the story of the Garcia
family, who like many of their compatriots, fled their homeland
during the upheaval of the Mexican Revolution in search of a better
life in the United States. Originally published in 1926 in San
Antonio, Texas as El sol de Texas, the novel chronicles the
struggles of two Mexican immigrant families: the Garcias and the
Quijanos. Their initial hopes--of returning to their homeland with
enough money to buy their own piece of land--are worn away by the
reality of immigrant life. Unable to speak English, they find
themselves at the mercy of unscrupulous work contractors and
foremen: forced to work at backbreaking labor picking cotton in the
fields, building the burgeoning Southwest railroad system, and
working in Gulf Coast oil refineries. Considered the first novel of
Mexican immigration, El sol de Texas / Under the Texas Sun depicts
the diverse experiences of Mexican immigrants, from those that
return to Mexico beaten down by the discrimination and hardship
they encounter, to those who persist in their adopted land in spite
of the racism they face. The original Spanish-language text is
accompanied by the first-ever English translation by Ethriam Cash
Brammer and an introduction by John Pluecker. Publication of this
fascinating historical novel will provide unique insight into the
long history of Mexicanimmigration to the United States and its
implications for cultural, historical, and literary studies.
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