puerto rico

A biography of a Puerto Rican leader who worked to improve living conditions on his island, and served as governor from 1949-1965.

Traces the history and development of Puerto Rico from about 50 B.C. to the present day, and discusses the problems and contributions of modern Puerto Ricans who move to the mainland.

Forced to stay with her mother in Puerto Rico for weeks after her grandmother's funeral, half-Jewish Emily, who has just graduated from a Westchester, New York, high school, does not find it easy to connect with her Puerto Rican heritage and relatives she had never met.

Discusses the history, economy, culture, and future of Puerto Rico. Also includes a chronology, pertinent statistics, and maps.

Examines the future of Puerto Rico and discusses how it has been influenced by American economic, military, and cultural domination.

Chronicles the life and adventures of fifteenth-century Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon, and describes his voyages with Columbus and colonization of Puerto Rico, exploration of Florida, the Calusa encounters, and the legacy he left behind.

In mid-nineteenth-century Puerto Rico, an old woman and a young village girl conspire to save a runaway African slave by passing her off as the woman's niece.