Back to Bizkaia: A Basque-American Memoir

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Trim Size: 6 x 8.5 inches Panel width: 6 inches Spine width: 13/32 inch Panel depth: 8.5 inches Colors: 4 process colors C M Y K Blue 89 62 38 21 Rust 23 81 94 13 Tan 20 41 50 12 Nevada rancher Joe Juaristi spoke for years about making a trip back to his native Basque Country. Finally Joe’s son, Vince, organized the trip— the two of them, traveling alone, making a quiet reunion with aging siblings and friends, and visiting the places that formed Joe’s memories of his youth. Back to Bizkaia is part travel book, part memoir of two men exploring their roots and their unique father-son bond. The narrative combines an account of the contemporary Basque Country with Joe’s experiences as an immigrant in the U.S. and Vince’s memories of growing up in a close BasqueAmerican community in the American West. This is a book about Basques and their American families, but on another level it is every immigrant’s story of return to a beloved homeland. p r a i s e f o r Back to Bizkaia “Back to Bizkaia is a heartwarming account of a Basque American who takes his father back to Spain. All the memories of father and son are vivid and engaging. Most winning is the fully realized portrait of the father himself, Joe Juaristi, a charming stoic.” —frank bergon, author of The Temptations of St. Ed and Brother S. “A sweet story of the author’s devotion to his father, Juaristi weaves a simple chronicle of his father’s trip back to the Old Country into an engaging fatherand -son story.” —joxe mallea-olaetxe, author of Speaking Through the Aspens: Basque Tree Carvings in California and Nevada Vince J. Juaristi, a native of Elko, Nevada, is president and ceo of a management consulting company in Alexandria, Virginia. University of Nevada Press m e m o i r / b a s q u e s t u d i e s 9 0 0 0 0 9 780874 178593 ISBN 978-0-87417-859-3 cover illustration:© javiergil1000, istockphoto. port of lekeitio cover design: kathleen szawiola Juaristi r Back to Bizkaia Nevada Vince J. Juaristi Back to Bizkaia o a b a s q u e - a m e r i c a n m e m o i r Back to Bizkaia t h e b a s q u e s e r i e s ...