
They Call You Back
A Lost History, A Search, A Memoir
Tim Z. Hernandez(Author)
University of Arizona Press
Published on 17. September 2024
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-0-8165-5361-7 (ISBN)
Description
A haunting, an obsession, a calling: Tim Z. Hernandez has been searching for people his whole life. Now, in this highly anticipated memoir, he takes us along on an investigative odyssey through personal and collective history to uncover the surprising conjunctions that bind our stories together.
Hernandez's mission to find the families of the twenty-eight Mexicans who were killed in the 1948 plane wreck at Los Gatos Canyon formed the basis for his acclaimed documentary novel All They Will Call You, which the San Francisco Chronicle dubbed "a stunning piece of investigative journalism," and the New York Times hailed as "painstaking detective work by a writer who is the descendent of farmworkers."
In this riveting new work, Hernandez continues his search for the plane crash victims while also turning the lens on himself and his ancestral past, revealing the tumultuous and deeply intimate experiences that have fueled his investigations-a lifelong journey haunted by memory, addiction, generational trauma, and the spirit world.
They Call You Back is the true chronicle of one man's obsession to restore dignity to an undignified chapter in America's past, while at the same time making a case for why we must heal our personal wounds if we are ever to heal our political ones.
Hernandez's mission to find the families of the twenty-eight Mexicans who were killed in the 1948 plane wreck at Los Gatos Canyon formed the basis for his acclaimed documentary novel All They Will Call You, which the San Francisco Chronicle dubbed "a stunning piece of investigative journalism," and the New York Times hailed as "painstaking detective work by a writer who is the descendent of farmworkers."
In this riveting new work, Hernandez continues his search for the plane crash victims while also turning the lens on himself and his ancestral past, revealing the tumultuous and deeply intimate experiences that have fueled his investigations-a lifelong journey haunted by memory, addiction, generational trauma, and the spirit world.
They Call You Back is the true chronicle of one man's obsession to restore dignity to an undignified chapter in America's past, while at the same time making a case for why we must heal our personal wounds if we are ever to heal our political ones.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Tucson
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
46 b&w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 162 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8165-5361-7 (9780816553617)
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Tim Z. Hernandez is an award-winning author and performer. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the American Book Award. In 2018 he was recognized by the California Senate for his work locating the victims of the 1948 plane wreck at Los Gatos. He is an associate professor in the University of Texas at El Paso's Bilingual Creative Writing program.