Onofre Tafoya, the author of this book, spent four decades in the San Manuel copper
mine. Mother Magma, takes readers deep inside this historic mine.
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mine. Mother Magma, takes readers deep inside this historic mine.
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Dr. Joe Abril has captured an era and neighborhood long gone from the Valley of the
Sun. He writes about a “barrio” and its residents, who are either gone by choice or
have been displaced by the “advancements” of Phoenix ' municipal civilization. Much of
the “old barrio” was taken by eminent domain to build the first freeway in Phoenix . The
streets were paved and sidewalks were built.
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Sun. He writes about a “barrio” and its residents, who are either gone by choice or
have been displaced by the “advancements” of Phoenix ' municipal civilization. Much of
the “old barrio” was taken by eminent domain to build the first freeway in Phoenix . The
streets were paved and sidewalks were built.
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HISI Publishes an Oral History Book on the Early Days
of Mexican-American Phoenix
of Mexican-American Phoenix
Metaphorical stories and parables result in an indirect language more effective than the
direct language of reason, affirms in her new book Carmen Filipi, a Phoenix educator with
several decades of experience in the school system. In her new literary work titled The
marvelous fountain and other stories my grandma told me, Filipi recovers and presents
the oral tradition in which narrations communicated and taught ethical, moral and civic
values to children, mainly told by grandmothers and other family members in the past.
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direct language of reason, affirms in her new book Carmen Filipi, a Phoenix educator with
several decades of experience in the school system. In her new literary work titled The
marvelous fountain and other stories my grandma told me, Filipi recovers and presents
the oral tradition in which narrations communicated and taught ethical, moral and civic
values to children, mainly told by grandmothers and other family members in the past.
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Latina teacher from Phoenix asserts in new book
Traditional children stories promote values
Traditional children stories promote values
Mother Magma: An memoir of underground
life in the San Manuel Copper Mine
life in the San Manuel Copper Mine
