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  • THE ILLEGALS. by Halsell, Grace.
    Halsell, Grace.
    THE ILLEGALS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Stein & Day, (1978) dj. Hardcover first edition - A report on the status, living conditions, and attitudes of the thousands of Mexican laborers who illegally enter the United States each year in search of a better life. The dust jacket notes that before this century (the 20th), all Americans were legal immigrants; by 1978 there were more illegal immigrants in the US than legal ones. As she did in her best known book "Soul Sister," Halsell went undercover to investigate what is happening - she swam the Rio Grande, crawled under a border fence, and worked in the fields. Since this was written, the situation has only become much worse, even as the US relies on…

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    New York: Stein & Day, (1978) dj. Hardcover first edition - A report on the status, living conditions, and attitudes of the thousands of Mexican laborers who illegally enter the United States each year in search of a better life. The dust jacket notes that before this century (the 20th), all Americans were legal immigrants; by 1978 there were more illegal immigrants in the US than legal ones. As she did in her best known book "Soul Sister," Halsell went undercover to investigate what is happening - she swam the Rio Grande, crawled under a border fence, and worked in the fields. Since this was written, the situation has only become much worse, even as the US relies on the labor of these undocumented immigrants. Illustrated with a map and photographs. 216 pp. ISBN: 0-812824644.

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    Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, slight spine slant, in a very good dj (price-clipped, spine label)

    Book ID: 89316
    Keywords: Immigration/border, mexican immigrants, us history
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  • BAREFOOT HEART: Stories of a Migrant Child. by Hart, Elva Trevino.
    Hart, Elva Trevino.
    BAREFOOT HEART: Stories of a Migrant Child.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

    Tempe, AZ: Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingue, 1999. SIGNED first edition - An autobiographical account of growing up in a family of migrant farm workers. Born in south Texas, Hart spent her childhood moving back and forth between this small segregated southern Texas town and the fields in Minnesota. SIGNED by the author on the half title page and dated in the year of publication. 238 pp. ISBN: 0-927534-819.

    Condition: Fine (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 26486
    Keywords: biography, farm workers, Latin American Lit and History, Mexican American women, Mexican immigrants, migrant workers
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  • HUNGER OF MEMORY: The Education of Richard Rodriguez, an Autobiography. by Rodriguez, Richard.
    Rodriguez, Richard.
    HUNGER OF MEMORY: The Education of Richard Rodriguez, an Autobiography.

    Edition: 2nd printing (same year as the first).

    Boston: David R. Godine, Publisher, (1982.) dj. Hardcover - The son of Mexican immigrants, Rodriguez began his schooling in Sacramento, California knowing only 50 words of English. This is his educational autobiography, the autobiography of a scholarship boy. 195 pp. ISBN: 0-87923-4180.

    Condition: Good in a good dust jacket (gift inscription on front endpaper, price-clipped, some crinkling to front cover of dj)

    Book ID: 76336
    Keywords: Latin American Lit and History, mexican immigrants, sacramento, scholarship boy
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