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A memoir by a Filipino founder and vice-president of the United Farm Workers Union.

Trade Review

"An eloquent saga of an immigrant’s tenacity against the social constraints of his adopted society."

* Philippine News *

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction
1) Still good at sitting down
2) A matter of survival
3) The most important $2 in my life
4) So close to the good life
5) I sacrificed too much . . .
6) A minority within a minority
7) The movement must go beyond its leaders
8) Pounding me with their anger
9) My continual struggle
10) A golden foundation
Notes
Selected Bibliography

Philip Vera Cruz

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    A Paperback / softback by Craig Scharlin, Lilia Villanueva

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      Publisher: University of Washington Press
      Publication Date: 01/06/2000
      ISBN13: 9780295979847, 978-0295979847
      ISBN10: 0295979844
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A memoir by a Filipino founder and vice-president of the United Farm Workers Union.

      Trade Review

      "An eloquent saga of an immigrant’s tenacity against the social constraints of his adopted society."

      * Philippine News *

      Table of Contents

      Foreword
      Introduction
      1) Still good at sitting down
      2) A matter of survival
      3) The most important $2 in my life
      4) So close to the good life
      5) I sacrificed too much . . .
      6) A minority within a minority
      7) The movement must go beyond its leaders
      8) Pounding me with their anger
      9) My continual struggle
      10) A golden foundation
      Notes
      Selected Bibliography

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