America's Book Club: Linda Chavez

Linda Chavez is an author and former Reagan administration official who held several positions, leading the White House Public Liaison office, serving as staff director of the US Commission on Civil Rights, and chairing the National Commission on Migrant Education. She was also the Republican nominee for Senate in Maryland in 1986, and George W. Bush's first nominee for Labor Secretary in 2001. Linda is the author of several highly regarded books, including "Out of the BarrioToward a New Politics of Hispanic Assimilation," which the "Denver Post" described as a book that “should explode the stereotypes about Hispanics that have clouded the minds of patronizing liberals and xenophobic conservatives alike.” National Review described Chavez’s memoir, "An Unlikely ConservativeThe Transformation of an ExLiberal," as a “brilliant, provocative, and moving book.” She has authored fiction books as well, including "The Silver CandlesticksA Novel of the Spanish Inquisition." A native of Albuquerque, Linda Chavez was honored by the Library of Congress in 2000 as a “Living Legend” for her contributions to America’s cultural and historical legacy.

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