Chavez Gives Obama A History Book – Huffington Post

Excellent! I hope he reads it.

Chavez Gives Obama A History Book

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Sam Quinones’ True Tales of Mexican Migration

The book—a collection of true-life tales of Mexican migration—is an exclamation point on Quinones’ career and solidifies its author’s membership in an elite fraternity of border journalists.

The desire for a glorious return to Mexico is the vehicle that drives these characters. It’s one of the book’s main ideas and serves as half of an answer to the fundamental Mexican migrant quandary: Why don’t Mexicans who are in the United States illegally attempt to assimilate more wholly into American life?