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xxvi, 138 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Migrant Project includes the photographs and text of the traveling exhibition of the same name. The book also includes oral histories and essays with additional images and a preface by the author." "Countless words and studies bemoan the plight of those who toil in the fields, but Rick Nahmias's pictures bring farm workers to us in an unforgettable way, taking us beyond images of stoop labor and into the workers' inner lives and intimate moments....
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62 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Here are seven articles written by John Steinbeck in 1936 as he toured squatters camps and Hoovervilles in California's migrant labor region, led by his friend Tom Collins, manager of a federal migrant labor camp. Steinbeck's personal and literary response led him to dedicate the novel "The Grapes of Wrath" (1939) in part to Tom.
Series
Studio classic volume 17
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (129 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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A poor Midwest family is forced off of their land. They travel to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.
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Physical Desc
xi, 160, 165, ix pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ten-year-old José M. Hernández watched the Apollo 17 moonwalks on his family's black and white television in 1972 and knew what he wanted to be when he grew up: an astronaut. Later that night he told his father and was surprised when his dad said, "You can do this, m'ijo!" Mr. Hernández told his son that if he really wanted to become an astronaut, he would need to follow a simple, five-ingredient recipe to succeed: 1) decide what you want, 2)...
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Physical Desc
xvi, 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fictional narrative that pieces together the stories of the victims and witnesses of a plane crash that occurred on January 28, 1948 in the Diablo Range near Fresno, California, which killed 32 people, among them 28 Mexican deportees, and inspired a song by Woody Guthrie. Intended as a companion to a forthcoming documentary.
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