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© 2024 by Tim Z. Hernandez
All rights reserved. Published 2024
ISBN-13: 978-0-8165-5361-7 (hardcover)
ISBN-13: 978-0-8165-5362-4 (ebook)
Cover design by Leigh McDonald
Cover photo of Tim Z. Hernandez courtesy of the author
Designed and typeset by Leigh McDonald in Bell MT Std 11/14 and Rift (display)
Note: Only a few names have been changed, and in one case redacted upon the family’s request, for the purpose of protecting the identities of individuals. This account is true to my recollection of events, my own memory, and my own research, and true to the families who lived it and whose testimonies I used to generate this narrative. In instances where I have written reenactments, it is not merely for fiction’s sake, but rather to create a believable, and as close to actual, rendering based on my firsthand knowledge of and expertise on this subject, records, documents, newspaper articles, interviews with individuals, and eyewitness testimony. In this way, these passages should be looked at strictly as a reenactment, and not as fictional.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Hernandez, Tim Z., author.
Title: They call you back : a lost history, a search, a memoir / Tim Z. Hernandez.
Other titles: Camino del sol.
Description: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2024. | Series: Camino del sol: a Latinx literary series | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2024000591 (print) | LCCN 2024000592 (ebook) | ISBN 9780816553617 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780816553624 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Hernandez, Tim Z. | Aircraft accident victims’ families. | Deportees—Family relationships. | Aircraft accidents—California—Diablo Range. | Disaster justice.
Classification: LCC PS3608.E768 Z46 2024 (print) | LCC PS3608.E768 (ebook) | DDC 813/.6 [B]—dc23/eng/20240419
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024000591
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024000592
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