La Reina Norteamericana

I'm not entirely sure where to start here, but I loved this book and devoured it, as I do all of Urrea's books. He's definitely become one of my favorite authors and one I can always recommend without hesitation. Queen of America is a sequel to the epic Hummingbird's Daughter, and they can definitel......more

Dickensian in scope, this ribald novel is peopled by the humble and the haughty, the meek and the mighty--pilgrims, prostitutes, yeoman, warriors, cowboys, vaqueros, royalty, revolutionaries, financial exploiters, gamblers, tycoons, corrupt politicians, drunks, rogues, and outlaws. It's gritty, bawd......more

Urrea picks up where he left off in The Hummingbird’s Daughter and continues the story of his great aunt, Teresita Urrea, “The Saint of Cabora” or “Mexican Joan of Arc,” who fled the 1892 uprising in Mexico with her father, Tomas, to the relative safety of Arizona. But the Mexican government, fe......more

I continue to love Urrea’s beautiful, special writing in this sequel to The Hummingbird’s Daughter. This novel continues the story of Teresita, an indigenous (Yaqui) Indian from northern Mexico, who had powers to heal and was, therefore, loved by the People and feared by the Mexican government. She......more