Search Results: Sal Si Puedes, Cesar Chavez and The New American… by Peter Matthiessen

New York: Random House, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First p. Very good in very good dustwrapper. HINGE BROKEN. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New York, NY: Random House. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1969. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has some edge wear, nicking and small nicks to the spine ends and a couple of small creases to the front dust jacket flap. "Born in Yuma, Arizona to a Mexican American family, Chavez began his working life as a manual laborer before spending two years in the United States Navy. Relocating to California, where he married, he got involved in the Community Service Organization (CSO) , through which he helped laborers register to vote. In 1959, he became the CSO's national director, a position based in Los Angeles. In 1962, he left the CSO to co-found the NFWA, based in Delano, California, through which he launched an insurance scheme, a credit union, and the El Malcriado newspaper for farmworkers.… Read More

New York: Random House, (1969). First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in a Near Fine deep red dustwrapper with a tiny tear at the spine head. One of the first books to highlight the struggle by California farmworkers to organize a union.

New York: Random House, (1969). First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine deep red dustwrapper with a bit of edgewear. One of the first books to highlight the struggle by California farmworkers to organize a union. SIGNED by Matthiessen on the front endpaper.

New York; (1969): Random House. First Edition. Octavo. First printing signed by the author. 372pp. Chavez was instrumental in forming a union for the United Farm Workers. The farm labor strike became one the greatest agricultural labor strikes in the history of the United States. A brilliant, angry, inspiration book. Bound in black cloth stamped in purple, spine lettering red, top edge red, a fine copy in very good red unclipped dust jacket lettered and decorated in black and white, spine black and white, each flap has a crease, small bookseller ticket. A very nice copy.

New York: Random House, 1969. Book. Collectible-VG. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Printing.. DJ spine is unfaded, unclipped. The title means "Escape if you Can." True first edition with the full and correct number string on the copyright page. Dark topstain with a small blemish. Signed and inscribed "Peter" by Matthiessen to friends on the front endpaper. Personal journalism of the first rank. Very collectible condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.