Growing Up Puerto Rican

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Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1997-06-01
Publisher(s): William Morrow & Co
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Summary

At his peak, Erik Estrada was the sexiest man on television. His five years on the hit drama of the decade, CHiPs, elevated him from a wannabe to a sex idol earning millions and wielding enough power to make television executives cower. Flocked to by adoring fans, in huge demand to appear on everything everywhere, and living a jet-set life of fast cars, fast deals, and even faster women, the young star, a Puerto Rican native of East Harlem, lived an intoxicating life. What rises eventually falls, and in no place is that more true - or more expedient - than in Hollywood. Estrada's eventual plunge left him in the clutches of sexy, manipulative women, debt, and above all, loneliness. But the years in the limelight's shadow gave Estrada an unexpected wisdom and peace that he had never before known. Now, for the generation who made Estrada's million-dollar smile and pinup body symbols of their era, here is a moving and honest tell-all autobiography about Estrada's remarkable journey from Harlem to Hollywood, and the life lessons - more valuable than any Hollywood contract - he learned along the way.

Table of Contents

FOREWORD v(8)
Ed Vega
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii(4)
INTRODUCTION xvii
Joy L. De Jesus
I. NEITHER HERE NOR THERE
3(60)
"The Boy Without a Flag"
3(17)
Abraham Rodriguez, Jr.
"Spanish Roulette"
20(13)
Ed Vega
"Immigrants"
33(6)
Aurora Levins Morales
"Ship of Dreams"
39(11)
Rodney Morales
"The Ingredient"
50(13)
Julio Marzan
II. FAMILY TIES
63(58)
"Brothers Under the Skin"
63(6)
Piri Thomas
"Silent Dancing"
69(10)
Judith Ortiz Cofer
"Why Women Remain Jamona"
79(16)
Esmeralda Santiago
"Every Sunday"
95(17)
Magali Garcia Ramis
Carmen C. Esteves
"Sofia"
112(9)
Yvonne V. Sapia
III. SURVIVAL ON THE STREETS
121(58)
"Kipling and I"
121(5)
Jesus Colon
from A Perfect Silence
126(7)
Alba Ambert
"The Champ"
133(6)
Pedro Juan Soto
"Stoopball"
139(18)
Edward Rivera
from Carlito's Way
157(9)
Edwin Torres
"Johnny United"
166(13)
Jack Agueros
IV. ONCE ON THIS ISLAND
179(52)
"There Is a Little Colored Boy in the Bottom of the Water"
179(4)
Jose Luis Gonzalez
Lysander Kemp
"Liliane's Sunday"
183(11)
Ana Lydia Vega
Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert
"Black Sun"
194(8)
Emilio Diaz Valcarcel
C. Virginia Matters
"The Gift"
202(29)
Rosario Ferre
PERMISSIONS 231

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