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Cinco de Mayo: What Is Everybody Celebrating?
2nd Edition
by Donald W. Miles
Genre: Nonfiction, Hispanic History
Cinco de Mayo has evolved into a holiday so popular that in the United States it draws larger crowds than here in Mexico. About half a million people turn out for the annual event in Los Angeles alone, but exactly what is everybody celebrating? They're there for the music - and the half-priced margaritas - but if you ask around, you won't find many people who can tell you what happened in Mexico on that day. There are very few adult-level books currently on the market about that subject, but readers can now learn how the Mexicans took back their country after a five-year struggle against the French army in this 90,000-word book, Cinco de Mayo: What is Everybody Celebrating? (2nd Ed.)
