The Searchers

Name: The Searchers
Author: Tomás Rivera Rivera

About the author

Tomás Rivera was a pioneering Chicano novelist whose And the Earth Did Not Devour Him depicted the lives of Mexican American farmworkers in Texas through linked sketches of poverty and dignity. It is the founding text of the Chicano literary movement.

More by Tomás Rivera Rivera

And the Earth Did Not Devour HimNovel of Mexican American migrant workers enduring hardship and survival in Texas
Always and Other PoemsVerse poetry exploring Mexican American identity and cultural experience
Tomás Rivera: The Complete WorksCollected works spanning poetry, stories, and essays of a Chicano writer