Publisher's Synopsis
"Drawing deeply upon his family background, Ron Schuler tells a fictionalized tale of two families who arrive in East Los Angeles in 1919: the Martín family, fleeing the Revolution in Zacatecas, Mexico through Arizona copper mines and ranchos southeast of L.A.; and the Baumiller family, from Kansas City, Kansas, starting a new life after a wildcat transit strike goes awry. Young Fernando "Joe" Martín, a prizefighting foundry laborer, meets a clever, movie-crazy Sonoran girl, Anna Garza, who endures his frailties and inspires him as he gathers a following as a charismatic bartender at the Club, where the rich and powerful of L.A. and Hollywood mingle in the 1930s and 40s. Meanwhile, Floyd Baumiller, a streetcar motorman, with his wife Alpha and children, come up empty-handed searching for Old West ideals in the American City of Last Resort. A descendant of both families -- half-Mexican, half-Anglo, known by his genealogy website handle "
