High Riders, Saints and Death Cars
A Life Saved by Art
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2011
Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada (Verlag)
978-0-88899-854-5 (ISBN)
Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada (Verlag)
978-0-88899-854-5 (ISBN)
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A USBBY Outstanding International Books Honor Book
Nicholas Herrera started life as a mischievous, dyslexic boy, born into one of the old Spanish families of New Mexico. Bad teachers and poor schooling helped him to lose himself in drugs, drinking, riding motorcycles and driving fast cars. A near-death experience, a wonderful mother and a fascination with making art saved him.
Today Nicholas Herrera is one of the most noted Santeros -- artists who create images of saints and other religious figures -- in the U.S. The text, as told to Elisa Amado, tells Nicholas's story through his art and expounds the hard-earned wisdom that his experience has brought him. Herrera's life, his political views about drugs, his sense of social justice, and his support for oppressed people will speak directly to young readers, especially those who might feel that life has nothing to offer them due to their economic circumstances or their class or ethnic backgrounds.
Nicholas Herrera started life as a mischievous, dyslexic boy, born into one of the old Spanish families of New Mexico. Bad teachers and poor schooling helped him to lose himself in drugs, drinking, riding motorcycles and driving fast cars. A near-death experience, a wonderful mother and a fascination with making art saved him.
Today Nicholas Herrera is one of the most noted Santeros -- artists who create images of saints and other religious figures -- in the U.S. The text, as told to Elisa Amado, tells Nicholas's story through his art and expounds the hard-earned wisdom that his experience has brought him. Herrera's life, his political views about drugs, his sense of social justice, and his support for oppressed people will speak directly to young readers, especially those who might feel that life has nothing to offer them due to their economic circumstances or their class or ethnic backgrounds.
Nicholas Herrera is one of the best-known folk artists working in the United States today. His work has been exhibited in New York, Paris, Chicago, Baltimore, Denver, Pueblo and Santa Fe. Visit Nicholas Herrera's website: http://www.nicholasherrera.com/ ELISA AMADO is a Guatemalan-born author and translator. She has written My Friend (Mi amiga), illustrated by Alfonso Ruano; Un Barrilete para el Día de los Muertos / Barrilete: A Kite for the Day of the Dead; Cousins (Primas), illustrated by Luis Garay; and Tricycle (El triciclo), illustrated by Alfonso Ruano, which is on the Américas Award Commended List and is a USBBY Outstanding International Book. She lives in Toronto.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.7.2011 |
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Illustrationen | John T. Denne |
Mitarbeit |
Erzähler: Elisa Amado |
Zusatzinfo | Color photos throughout |
Verlagsort | Ontario |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 238 x 289 mm |
Gewicht | 623 g |
Themenwelt | Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Kunst / Musik |
Schulbuch / Wörterbuch | |
ISBN-10 | 0-88899-854-6 / 0888998546 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-88899-854-5 / 9780888998545 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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