Features
- Cover Type: Hard Cover with 280 pages
- Published by: West Virginia University July 2003
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0937058629
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0937058626
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Book Dimensions:
9.2 x 6.4 x 1 inches
- Weighs: 1.5 pounds
Book Description
A hundred years ago, dozens of families journeyed from Spain to the United States, to search for a better life in the growing zinc industry towns in central West Virginia. As they created a new culture and a new home in this land, they added another thread to the rich fabric of our nation.
Writing from his perspective as a first-generation son of this immigrant community, Gonzalez recounts his memories in a book that is partly a memoir, partly a history, and partly a novel, all combined in a sometimes heartwarming and sometimes bittersweet celebration of how one small Spanish community survived and then prospered in the ethnic caldron that was America.
About The Author
Gavin W. "Bill" Gonzalez was born in 1909 in Anmoore, West Virginia, the son of immigrants from Asturias, Spain. The Gonzalezes and their neighbors built a lively community centered around a place called Pinnick Kinnick Hill. Though Gavin Ganzalez eventually moved away from his childhood home, he never forgot West Virginia, often taking his children and grandchildren to Pinnick Kinnick Hill. Only after his death in 1988 did the family discover that he had written a memoir recounting the stories of his youth.
Reader Reviews
I was very pleased with how smoothly Pinnick Kinnick Hill read. "PKH" is similar in story telling to some of the feel-good stories of Italian Americans - coming to America genera- that you see in movies. And also similar to the movie "Avalon." An enjoyable read. This was reviewed by the Washington Times, and I have to agree with the review that while it is not high literature, it does make you feel good about stories of the American dream.
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