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Author:
Ferriss, Susan.
Title:
The fight in the fields : Cesar Chavez and the farmworkers movement / Susan Ferriss and Ricardo Sandoval ; edited by Diana Hembree.
Edition:
1st Harvest ed.
Publisher:
Harcourt Brace,
Copyright Date:
1998, c1997
Description:
xvi, 333 p. : ill., map ; 1998, 1997.
Subject:
Chavez, Cesar,--1927-1993.
United Farm Workers--History.
Labor leaders--United States--Biography.
Migrant agricultural laborers-- Labor unions-- United States.
Mexican American migrant agricultural laborers--History.
Other Authors:
Sandoval, Ricardo.
Hembree, Diana.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The last family farm -- Sal Si Puedes -- Delano -- Huelga! -- Boycott -- Blood in the fields -- With the law on our side -- The poisoned eagle -- A pine coffin.
Summary:
Tells the story of Cesar Chavez and his fight to win dignity and justice for migrant farmworkers through the United Farm Workers union, and includes essays, letters, and poems contributed by men and women who participated on both sides of the struggle.
ISBN:
9780156005982 (pbk.)
0156005980 (pbk.)
Locations:
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

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