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First published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize winning epic of the Great Depression chronicles the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s and tells the story of one Oklahoma farm family, the Joads, driven from their homestead and forced to travel west to the promised land of California. Out of their trials and their repeated collisions against the hard realities of an America divided into haves and have nots evolves a drama that is intensely human...
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Scribner
Pub. Date
©2002
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English
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In late 1950s Michigan, Martin Dijksterhuis finds himself torn between his mother's desire for him to attend college and his own fierce love for his family's orchard and Corinna Williams, the daughter of the orchard's African American foreman.
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University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
©2004
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English
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The poor but proud Dunne family and their friends struggle to survive on the dust-plagued prairies of the Oklahoma Panhandle, but discover bitter disappointment in the orchards and vineyards of the so-called promised land of California.
9) Reaching out
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Francisco volume 3
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Houghton Mifflin Company
Pub. Date
[2008]
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English
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Leaving his home in a migrant community, Francisco sets off for college, carrying memories of years of poverty and prejudice.
This volume is the autobiographical account of the author's transition from migrant living on California's central coast to the life of a college student. He chronicles his college years and introduces the people who befriended him as well as those who had prejudices against Mexicans. Throughout his story, the difficulties...
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Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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A heartwarming tale of a girl waiting for her beloved Papá to return when the monarchs fly south to their home in Mexico. Lucía loves to watch the monarchs' migration from her home in Mexico with Papá. But this year, the monarchs' journey north holds extra weight; Papá is heading north, too, to look for work. He promises her that when "the weather turns cold and the monarcas return, our winged ancestors will guide me home." So while he spends...
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