The Taste of Sugar

by Marisel Vera

Book Overview

It is 1898, and groups of starving Puerto Ricans, los hambrientos, roam the parched countryside and dusty towns begging for food. Under the yoke of Spanish oppression, the Caribbean island is forced to prepare to wage war with the United States. Up in the mountainous coffee region of Utuado, Vicente Vega and Valentina Sanchez labor to keep their small farm from the creditors. When the Spanish-American War and the great San Ciriaco Hurricane of 1899...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1631497731
• ISBN13: 9781631497735
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.2" x 9.1"