Uncle Rico's Encore
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A love note to the city and its once vibrant Pinoy community
From the 1950s through the 1970s, blue-collar Filipino Americans, or Pinoys, lived a hardscrabble existence. Immigrant parents endured blatant racism, sporadic violence, and poverty while their US-born children faced more subtle forms of racism, such as the low expectations of teachers and counselors in the public school system. In this collection of autobiographical essays, acclaimed novelist and short-story writer Peter Bacho centers the experiences of the Pinoy generation that grew up in Seattle's multiethnic neighborhoods, from the Central Area to Beacon Hill to Rainier Valley. He recounts intimate moments of everyday life: fishing with marshmallows at Madison Beach, playing bruising games of basketball at Madrona Park, and celebrating with his uncles in Chinatown as hundreds of workers returned from Alaska canneries in the fall. He also relates vivid stories of defiance and activism, including resistance to the union-busting efforts of the federal government in the 1950s and organizing for decent housing and services for elders in the 1970s. Sharing a life inextricably connected to his community and the generation that came before him, this memoir is a tribute to Filipino Seattle.
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Peter Bacho is the award-winning author of several books, including the novel Cebu and the short story collection Dark Blue Suit.
Content
- Cover
- Uncle Rico's Encore
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- The Lay of the Land
- Map 1
- Map 2
- Map 3
- Map 4
- Map 5
- Map 6
- Was It That Long Ago?
- The Ship on Temple Street
- Bad Attitude
- Gabriel
- Not Quite Camelot
- The Fishing Man
- The Curve
- Uncle Rico's Encore
- The Debt
- September 20, 1968
- Irma
- On Boxing, Mother, Violence, and Writing
- Van the Man
- One October Day
- Arnaud
- Anugon
- Just before Noon
- A Note on Bienvenido Santos
- A Close Call, Memories, A Last Goodbye
- Heart Attack
- Map 7
- Postscript to a Heart Attack
- Eulogy
- About The Author
