El Paso,TX: Cinco Puntos Press, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - An account of the life and the accomplishments of Cesar Chavez (1927-1993) in fighting for the rights of farmworkers, for civil rights and environmental justice, written for older children and young adults. Illustrations by Gaspar Enriquez. Oblong format. 32 pp. The verso of the dustjacket is a poster with an illustrated chronology of events in the life of Chavez. ISBN: 0-938317512.

New York: North Point Press / Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first comprehensive biography of John Fante, one of the greatest outsider figures of 20th Century literature. Herein, the author untangles the enigma of this truly American original. Fante was the author of such classics as Ask the Dust, The Brotherhood of the Grape and Dago Red, but after working in Hollywood, including with Orson Welles and Darryl F. Zanuck, he considered himself a Tinseltown sell-out. Illustrated with photographs. Notes, bibliography, index. 406 pp. ISBN: 0-865475547.