Description
The lives of one of America's invisible communities--migrant farmworkers
About the Author
Gabriel Thompson is an independent journalist who has written for the New York Times, Harper's, New York, Slate, Mother Jones, Virginia Quarterly Review, and the Nation. His articles about labor and immigration have won a number of prizes, including the Studs Terkel Media Award and the Sidney Award. His most recent book is America's Social Arsonist: Fred Ross and Grassroots Organizing in the Twentieth Century.
Reviews
The voices are defiant and nuanced, aware of the human complexities that spill across bureaucratic categories and arbitrary borders. -- Siddartha Deb * The Baffler *
A deeply moving tribute to the lives of the California farm workers, and their journey from Mexican villages into the cruel machinery of American agribusiness. -- Hector Tobar, author of Deep Down Dark
Cumulatively, these portraits form a nuanced mosaic of life in the fields-the good, the bad, the mundane, the tragic and the heroic. -- Miriam Pawel, author of The Crusades of Cesar Chavez
Not just an intimate, but an insider, look at the lives of California's farmworkers -- Elaine Elinson * San Francisco Chronicle *
Book Information
ISBN 9781786632210
Author Voice of Witness
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint Verso Books
Publisher Verso Books
Weight(grams) 409g
Dimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm * 23mm