In September 1965, Filipino and Mexican American farm workers went on strike against grape growers in and around Delano, California. More than a labor dispute, the strike became a movement for social justice that helped redefine Latino and American politics. The strike also catapulted its leader, Cesar Chavez, into prominence as one of the most celebrated American political figures of the twentieth century. More than forty years after its original publication, Delano: The Story of the California Grape Strike, based on ...
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In September 1965, Filipino and Mexican American farm workers went on strike against grape growers in and around Delano, California. More than a labor dispute, the strike became a movement for social justice that helped redefine Latino and American politics. The strike also catapulted its leader, Cesar Chavez, into prominence as one of the most celebrated American political figures of the twentieth century. More than forty years after its original publication, Delano: The Story of the California Grape Strike, based on compelling first-hand reportage and interviews, retains both its freshness and its urgency in illuminating a moment of unusually significant social ferment.
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Add this copy of Delano: the Story of the California Grape Strike to cart. $58.93, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by University of California Press.
Add this copy of Delano: the Story of the California Grape Strike to cart. $60.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1967 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. First edition. Illustrated with black and white photographic plates. Page edges with a bit of foxing, else near fine in a very good dust jacket with a few chips and small tears along the edges, light rubbing, and just a touch of foxing. Author's first book.
Add this copy of Delano: the Story of the California Grape Strike to cart. $65.00, like new condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1967 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition. Illustrated with black and white photographic plates by Ted Streshinsky. Owner bookplate on the front fly. Spine ends gently bumped and a but sunned, else fine in a price-clipped, about near fine dust jacket with a bit of rubbing and toning, a lightly sunned spine, and a few bumps and small tears along the edges. Author's first book.
Add this copy of Delano: the Story of the California Grape Strike to cart. $75.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1967 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First edition. 176pp. Illustrated with black and white plates. Slight toning on the board edges and bumped corners else very good in a very good dust jacket with toning, creasing, and tiny tears.
Add this copy of Delano. the Story of the California Grape Strike to cart. $75.00, good condition, Sold by Sawtooth Booksellers rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Fe, NM, UNITED STATES, published 1967 by Farrar Straus Grioux.
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Hardcover. First edition. A very good book in a very good dust jacket. Some staining to the front and rear boards. Soiling to the rear panel of the jacket. Stated first edition of the author's first book. This is a narrative account of the grape strike in California's Central Valley in the mid 1960s launched by Cesar Chavez and his farm workers organizing committee.