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Nala's Family Tree



Mama's Santos: An Arizona life

Ch. 1: Field of death

Ch. 2: Coming to El Norte

Ch. 3: Trapped by fire

Ch. 4: Faith takes root

Ch. 5: Childhood tales

Ch. 6: The education of Nala

Ch. 7: Little cotton picker

Ch. 8: The Lunt family

Ch. 9: Woman of the house

Ch. 10: Ain't we got fun

Ch. 11: Angel of death

Ch. 12: Fever takes a family

Ch. 13: Talking with the dead

Ch. 14: The cotton picker

Ch. 15: Signs and wonders

Ch. 16: Migrants

Ch. 17: The river provides

Ch. 18: The New Deal

Ch. 19: Winds of war

Ch. 20: The home front

Ch. 21: End of war

Ch. 22: Uncle Johnny

Ch. 23: Coming to Tucson

Ch. 24: Cotton pickers and copper miners

Ch. 25: Daddy's demons

Ch. 26: My cousins' hell

Ch. 27: The family doubles its size

Ch. 28: Life with the cousins

Ch. 29: Estela and La Vírgen

Ch. 30: The 1960s

Ch. 31: From picker to maid

Ch. 32: Raúl and Irene

Ch. 33: Jaime and Richard

Ch. 34: Raymond and Carmen

Ch. 35: Life alone with Mama

Ch. 36: The meaning of it all



Reporter Carmen Duarte welcomes comments on this series, but because of the volume of mail, she cannot respond to each note. Write to her at P.O. Box 26807, Tucson, AZ 85726 or by e-mail, cduarte@azstarnet.com