Growing Up in La Colonia: Boomer Memories from Oxnard's Barrio

by Margo Porras and Sandra Porras

La Colonia is half a square mile of land separated from the rest of Oxnard by the railroad tracks and home to the people who keep an agricultural empire running. In decades past, milpas of corn and squash grew in tiny front yards, kids played in the alleys and neighbors ran tortillerias out of their homes. Back then, it was the place to get the best raspadas on Earth. It was a home to Cesar Chavez and a campaign stop for presidential candidate Robert...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1540239683
• ISBN13: 9781540239686
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: History Press Library Editions
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"