Rolando Hinojosa (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
Biography
Although Rolando Hinojosa's father, Manuel Guzmán Hinojosa, was born in the United States—as Manuel's own parents had been—Manuel was distinctly Mexican American in his outlook. Mercedes, Texas, the border town where the author was born and where his father's family had lived since the 1740's, fell three miles north of the border when the United States-Mexico boundary was drawn in 1845. Manuel's family claimed “accidental” United States citizenship, remaining loyal always to the Mexican government.
Rolando's mother, Carrie Effie Smith, arrived in...
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