Hombres De Ladrillo

Resumen del Libro

Joseph and Walter Simons are ambitious entrepreneurs who, in the late nineteenth century, launch the Simons Brick Factory in Southern California. With the help of a Mexican who teaches them everything he knows about making bricks, the brothers build a life for themselves on the backs of the Mexicans who work the kilns. In this sweeping historical novel, the Anglo brothers are pitted against their workers. Fearful of the unrest south of the border as the Mexican Revolution rages, the patrones strive to provide their Mexican workers with everything they need. Simons, California, is a model company town and a perfect example of the benevolent exploitation and control of Mexican labor.As the brothers expand their business and their families grow, Anglos and Mexicans alike live through the Great Depression, earthquakes that put their livelihood at risk, and World War II. They watch as their Japanese neighbors lose their land and homes and are placed in concentration camps. And they learn about the rise of unions to protect workers¿ rights. It¿s only a matter of time before even the Simons workers seek better wages and benefits. With an attention to historical reality blended with myth and legend, Morales recounts the epic struggle of a people to forge their destiny in this first-ever Spanish translation of his acclaimed novel, The Brick People. The history of Southern California is intertwined with that of the Mexican workers who manufactured the bricks that laid the foundation of modern California.