Corner-Store Dreams and the 2008 Financial Crisis: A True Story about Risk, Entrepreneurship, Immigration, and Latino-Anglo Friendship

by Peter Wogan

Book Overview

This book tells the incredible true story of Ranulfo Ju rez, a Mexican immigrant. After working for years in the fields of Oregon and becoming a U.S. citizen, Ranulfo started making plans to buy a small bakery in 2005. But not knowing if the economy would hold steady, Ranulfo examined his dreams every morning in search of secret clues foretelling insight and a successful bakery-or homelessness. Ranulfo also enlisted author Peter Wogan, a white anthropology...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319848623
• ISBN13: 9783319848624
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 229 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"