hispanic americans

Profiles over 100 Hispanic Americans who have made major contributions to American culture.

Maria, a young girl who lives with her grandmother Lupita, a cook on the Olson ranch, finds many loving, helping hands when she decides to make a quilt.

African-American, Asian-American, and Hispanic-American children describe their families' cultural traditions.

Presents a brief biography of professional baseball player Johan Santana.

Profiles the lives of Hispanics who helped shape the history of the United States.

Presents brief biographies of one hundred men and women of Hispanic heritage whose actions helped shape the course of American history. Arranged chronologically.

A collection of articles that defines the Hispanic American community, their regional, linguistic, and ethnic variations, controversy over undocumented workers, and their political and economic influence in America.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide biographical information about approximately 250 Hispanic Americans in a variety of fields who have made significant contributions to American culture.

Contains biographical profiles of 127 Latino men and women from thirty-five fields of endeavor who have immigrated to or been born in the United States and have made significant contributions to American life and culture.

Profiles more than 180 notable men and women of Hispanic and Latin American heritage from the sixteenth through twentieth centuries.