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  civil war     wwi     jim crow     concentration camps     authors     civil rights movements     racism     iran     colonialism     auschwitz     muslim     murder     american south     fidel castro     judaism     political campaigns     socialism     poland     frederick douglass     germany  

Happiness Will Follow

  • Annotation:
    • This author’s memoir details growing up in poverty and his complicated relationship with his abusive single mother, and what it means to be Puerto Rican in America.
  • Creator:
  • Publication Information:
    • Classical Comics LTD, United Kingdom, 2020
  • Color or Black & White:
    • Color
  • Genre:
    • Autobiography/Memoir
  • Bibliography Available:
    • No
  • Original Language:
    • English
  • Historical Topic/Event:
    • child abuse
    • poverty
  • Geographic Setting:
    • Pennsylvania -- York
  • Date Range:
    • 1970s - 2000s
  • Tags:
  • Notes:
    • Eisner Award-nominated artist
Graphic History

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Funded in part by a Carnegie-Whitney Grant from the American Library Association.

Graphic History is a database of available/in-print graphic novels dealing with historical settings, events, or people. It is hosted by the University of Iowa Libraries.
Learn more at http://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/graphichistory.

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