In her father's Peruvian family, Marie Arana was taught to be a proper lady, yet in her mother's American family she learned to shoot a gun, break a horse, and snap a chicken's neck for dinner. Arana shuttled easily between these deeply separate cultures for years. But only when she immigrated with
Two Worlds of Childhood
β Scribed by Jahoda, Marie
- Book ID
- 120206561
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Group
- Year
- 1972
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 322 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0305-7240
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