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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Jimmy Santiago Baca |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jimmy Santiago Baca |
| ISBN: | 0802116027 9780802116024 0802139086 9780802139085 9781435296947 143529694X |
| OCLC Number: | 45243257 |
| Description: | 264 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Responsibility: | Jimmy Santiago Baca. |
Abstract:
The story of Jimmy Santiago Baca, "winner of the Pushcart Prize and the American Book Award, ... called an heir to Pablo Neruda, ... [who] at the age of twenty-one ... was illiterate and facing five to ten years in a maximum-security prison for selling drugs."--Jacket.
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by harvinab10 updated 2011-04-28
