Jessie De La Cruz: A Profile of a United Farm Worker

Soto, Gary

ISBN 10: 0892552530 / ISBN 13: 9780892552535

Published by New York, New York, U.S.A.: Persea Books, 2001

About this Item

SIGNED and inscribed with personalization on title page. Jacket has a 1/8 inch tear on bottom of back cover near spine. Book has a shallow 1/8 inch abrasion on rear board--visible in photo. Author has written the contact info for the UFW on the rear free endpaper--visible in photo. Book interior very fine.

Seller Inventory # 58-8

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Jessie De La Cruz: A Profile of a United Farm Worker
• Publisher: New York, New York, U.S.A.: Persea Books
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0892552530
• ISBN 13: 9780892552535
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

Profiles the Mexican American woman who spent her early years as a migrant farm worker and later became the first female organizer for the United Farm Workers.

About the Author

Gary Soto is the award-winning author of numerous books of prose and poetry for children, young adults, and adults, including Living Up the Street, Buried Onions, and The Effects of Knut Hamsun on a Fresno Boy (Persea). He lives in Berkeley, California.