Julián Castro
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Physical Desc
234 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm
Language
Español
Description
Castro, nacido con un hermano gemelo Joaquín de padres solteros, cuenta una historia de su sueño hecho realidad en Estados Unidos sobre su aumento de la pobreza para convertirse en alcalde de San Antonio, orador principal en la Convención Demócrata de 2012 y Secretario de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano en la administración de el presidente Barack Obama.
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Physical Desc
225 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
In the spirit of a young Barack Obama's Dreams from My Father, comes a candid and compelling memoir about race and poverty in America. In many ways, there was no reason Julian Castro would have been expected to be a success. Born to unmarried parents in a poverty-stricken neighborhood of a struggling city, his prospects of escaping his circumstance seemed bleak. But he and his twin brother Joaquin had something going for them: their mother. A former...