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In this collection of firsthand accounts by those who knew him best, a portrait of an uncommonly complex man emerges. The approximately 45 contributors (ranging from the famous, to members of the Chavez family, United Farm Workers staff, and to the farmworkers themselves) provide an understanding of the yoke Chavez chose to place on his own shoulders as well as the ideals he employed to accomplish for the migrant farmworkers what many predicted would be impossible. Illustrated with b&w photographs by George Elfie Ballis. Edited by Wathen (Osborn/McGraw-Hill) and McGregor (former staff member of the UFW). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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In this collection of firsthand accounts by those who knew Cesar Chavez best, a portrait of an uncommonly complex man, both driven and focused, yet humble, empathic and exceedingly principled, emerges. The reader gains an understanding of the yoke Chavez chose to place upon his own shoulders, as well as the ideals he employed to accomplish for the migrant farmworkers what many predicted would be impossible. The more than 45 contributors range from the famous--Edward James Olmos, Henry Cisneros, Martin Sheen, Coretta Scott King, Jerry Brown and others--to members of the Chavez family, to UFW staff, to the farmworkers themselves. Illustrated by the compelling black and white photographs of George Elfie Ballis, who began photographing the farmworker movement in the 1950s.
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