![]() ![]() It begins in central Mexico in the 1850s, where Ernest Garcia’s great-grandfather Pedro and his family lived on a hacienda in near-slave conditions, and recounts their struggles to avoid the violence of the Mexican Revolution and seek a better life in the United States. ![]() This book and the life story it tells are a welcome antidote to the anti-Mexican immigrant sentiment that infects so much of our politics currently. Valerie Mendoza, lecturer in American Studies, University of Kansas Rarely do we get a positive glimpse into the lives of Mexican Americans who are Republican, yet Dennis Raphael Garcia has shown us that Ernest Garcia remains true to his Kansas roots.” This engaging biography details Garcia’s humble beginnings in western Kansas to his rise as sergeant at arms for the US Senate, hobnobbing with the Washington elite. ![]() “ Marine, Public Servant, Kansan: The Life of Ernest Garcia contributes to Kansas history and culture by fleshing out the diversity of the Kansas experience in a way few other books have done. ![]()
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