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Summary: Good read for CA students wanting to learn about their histo
Review: I'm trying to locate the abridged version that I taught from in the 60s. It's out of print and I would love to get come copies of it if anyone has any to use with my not-so-good readers now.If you find any please call me at 949-854-8889.
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Summary: I loved this book! Highly recommended..!
Review: Ibi is right. Ramona has been produced in TV. You can see Ramona at Univision, which is channel 23 at 4:00pm.The actress is named Kate del Castillo, and it has been a hit in Mexico and the US.I am watching the novel and I can truly say that is as excellent as the book. This book has everything, it has sadness,glorious moments and mostly the discrimination between Mexicans,Yahi Indians and Americans, if you want to read a story that will keep you glued to the book for the whole day, buy Ramona. Maybe you guys don't know it but Ramona was a hit in Mexico because when Elen Hunt plushided the book, a Cuban man named Jose Marti translated the book to spanish, and he talked wonderful things about Elen's talent to write which was well deserved.I am watching the novel, if you want to see it, is up to you(of course you have to understand Spanish, good I learned in school)Read the book and you won't be dissapointed with Elen Hunt wonderful story Ramona.You will like it as much as I did.
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Summary: Ramona-Magella
Review: Just when I had begun to despair that I might never truly fall in love with a book again, along came Ramona. From the first page, I was captured by the poetic nature of the writing. Some books can be read quickly, not so Ramona. Every sentence is crafted so carefully, every description so complete, some passages must be read over and over again just for the sheer pleasure of the prose. The plot combination of social justice and romance makes the book amazingly contemporary. The racism of this book is directed toward the Native American population and their story is a heart wrenching one indeed. The description of the startling beauty of the landscape and the lives of the characters stands in stark contrast to the breathtaking cruelty with which this nation took land from its native population. Ramona thrilled me and broke my heart. I highly recommend it.
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Summary: Haunting story of love and prejudice
Review: Just when I had begun to despair that I might never truly fall in love with a book again, along came Ramona. From the first page, I was captured by the poetic nature of the writing. Some books can be read quickly, not so Ramona. Every sentence is crafted so carefully, every description so complete, some passages must be read over and over again just for the sheer pleasure of the prose. The plot combination of social justice and romance makes the book amazingly contemporary. The racism of this book is directed toward the Native American population and their story is a heart wrenching one indeed. The description of the startling beauty of the landscape and the lives of the characters stands in stark contrast to the breathtaking cruelty with which this nation took land from its native population. Ramona thrilled me and broke my heart. I highly recommend it.
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Summary: I loved this book! Highly recommended..!
Review: Ramona has received international attention. The Mexican TV has taken the book to the TV screen. Currently, the production is being presented in a local Hispanic TV channel.
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Summary: A TV Event
Review: Ramona has received international attention. The Mexican TV has taken the book to the TV screen. Currently, the production is being presented in a local Hispanic TV channel.
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Summary: Compelling piece of fiction for any California History buff
Review: Ramona, set in early Spanish/Mexican California, weaves the tale of love between the Indian Allessandro and the Mexican-Indian girl Ramona. Rich, deep characters and vivid description of the landscapes makes this novel a great piece of California historical fiction. Through Jackson's powerful illustrations, the racism Mexicans and Indians both endured at the hands of White and Mexican settlers is experienced by the reader. Yet the love story is what makes this book and Jackson's romanticism of the landscape and the main charcaters only enhances Californians' fascination with Mission Revival.
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Summary: This is sad story with a good lesson
Review: Readers can follow the narrative style of "Ramona" with ease. It does not take a long time to finish reading this book. I like the author's use of a love story, albeit sad and doomed, to shed light on the treatment of Native Indians in American history. You also learn a little about the life of the Mexicans and American settlers in California. "Ramona" can still serve as a reminder of today's social injustices and the role we play in it. Fafa Demasio
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Summary: This is sad story with a good lesson
Review: Readers can follow the narrative style of "Ramona" with ease. It does not take a long time to finish reading this book. I like the author's use of a love story, albeit sad and doomed, to shed light on the treatment of Native Indians in American history. You also learn a little about the life of the Mexicans and American settlers in California. "Ramona" can still serve as a reminder of today's social injustices and the role we play in it. Fafa Demasio
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Summary: Truly a work of fiction...
Review: While appreciating what Helen Hunt Jackson was trying to do with Ramona, there are some aspects of the book which truly bother me. One can't help but wonder at her glossed over, hisoricaly nostaligic view of the mission system in California. The Native Americans who were in this system were kept in virtual bondage and horribly abused, both physicaly and sexualy and were forced to give up the lifestyles that they had known. I think Ramona has good intention, but like Uncle Tom's Cabin, the book it was modeled after, suffers from a severe case of historical nostalgia. It is, however, interesting to read the book from a modern perspective in the sense that reform literature has certanly changeg over the years! A good read, just beware of the hisorical inacuracies.
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