The Crusades of Cesar Chavez: A Biography

by Miriam Pawel

Book Overview

National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
Winner of the California Book Award

A searching portrait of an iconic figure long shrouded in myth by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of an acclaimed history of Chavez's movement.

Cesar Chavez founded a labor union, launched a movement, and inspired a generation. He rose from migrant worker to national icon, becoming one of the great charismatic leaders...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1608197107
• ISBN13: 9781608197101
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 548 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.5" x 9.6"