Description
First published in 1943, this classic memoir by well-known Filipino poet Carlos Bulosan describes his boyhood in the Philippines, his voyage to America, and his years of hardship and despair as an itinerant laborer following the harvest trail in the rural West.
Author: Carlos Bulosan
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 04/01/2014
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.40w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9780295993539
ISBN10: 0295993537
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | Asian American Studies & Pacific
- History | United States | State & Local | West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT
About the Author
Carlos Bulosan(1913 - 1956) was an English-language Filipino novelist and poet. Born in the Philippines, he immigrated to the United States at age seventeen and worked as a farmworker, dishwasher, and ultimately, as a labor organizer in both Washington and California.