From Booklist
Entries are arranged alphabetically, from Rodolfo Acuna to Emiliano Zapata. The sketches, ranging from one to three pages in length, provide biographic information and list selected works by the biographee (books, films, recordings, etc.) and works about him or her. Cross-references within biographies are indicated by boldface type. For example, in the article on Dolores Huerta, there is a reference to Cesar Chavez. Many articles are illustrated with black-and-white portraits. Each article is signed. Indexes by occupation and nationality, as well as by subject, further aid the user. There are inconsistencies in the way people are classified in the nationality index. For example, Emilio Estevez is listed under Hispanic American, while his father Martin Sheen and brother Charlie Sheen are listed under Spanish American. There are some minor editing errors; one line in the biography of Xavier Cugat makes no sense, for example.
Several books, such as Notable Hispanic American Women (Gale, 1993), cover Hispanics in the U.S., but Dictionary of Hispanic Biography covers important Spanish-speaking people from Europe and the Americas as well. It is highly recommended for all types of libraries, high school and up.
