Anthropology "Autobiography and commentarie and rich source from which to ! Eesti Humanitaarinstituut modem rural Puerto Rico, its cu A brilliant specimen of what soc 1111111Hll111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 personal document." 1140024695...
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Anthropology "Autobiography and commentarie and rich source from which to ! Eesti Humanitaarinstituut modem rural Puerto Rico, its cu A brilliant specimen of what soc 1111111Hll111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 personal document." 1140024695 This is the absorbing story of Don Taso, a Puerto Rican sugar cane worker, and of his family and the village in which he lives. Told largely in his own words, it is a vivid account of the drastic changes taking place in Puerto Rico, as he sees them. Worker in the Cane is both a profound social document and a moving spiritual testimony. Don Taso portrays his harsh childhood, his courtship and early marriage, his grim struggle to provide for his family. He tells of his radical political beliefs and union activity during the Depression and describes his hardships when he was blacklisted because of his outspoken convictions. Embittered by his continuing poverty and by a serious illness, he undergoes a dramatic cure and becomes converted
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