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Laddar... The Other California: The Great Central Valley In Life And Letters (Western Literature Series) (urspr publ 1990; utgåvan 1993)av Gerald W. Haslam
VerksinformationThe Other California: The Great Central Valley in Life and Letters av Gerald W. Haslam (1990)
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. Most Americans think of the Los Angeles area when they think of California. Sun drenched beaches, scantily clad beach-goers, Hollywood, Beverly Hills, these are concepts most Americans think of when the word California is uttered. Most Californians find that vision of California as inaccurate. They cite Redwoods, mountains, Lake Tahoe, Yosemite, Death Valley, San Francisco, and many other attractions and locations. But they ignore the central valley. Gerald Haslam returns the California's central valley to the readers concepts of California. The book is a pleasure to read. Further, The Other California gave me the courage to leave the Bay Area and return with my wife to her hometown in the San Joaquin Valley. inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
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Oildale native, Gerald Haslam, doesn't like it when folks dismiss the Central Valley as boring and flat. In this collection of essays, he argues that it is California's heartland and economic hub. In addition, the valley has produced a crop of gifted writers. These nineteen essays range from reminiscences of childhood and adolescence to a portrait of Mexican-Americans and their position in the Valley's society to a moving essay about having the author's aging father come to live with the family. Even if you have never lived in the Valley, reading this book will give you an entirely new perspective the next time you drive into it. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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I seek out books on my home region, and I now count this among my favorites. Haslam shows the valley as it is. He speaks with pride about the labor of Okies struggling to emerge from the poverty of the dust bowl, and the Mexican migrants working the fields today. He explores the racism of Taft in the 1970s, and the grief of his mother's slow decline and death. It's a moving work. Haslam struck me as someone who I could simply sit near for the joy of hearing him speak about the old days and the promise of the future.
I found this comparative to David Mas Masumoto's Letters to the Valley, the sort of work that makes me proud of where I come from and homesick to return. This is a keeper. ( )