West of the West : dreamers, believers, builders, and killers in the Golden State
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : PublicAffairs, c2009.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9781586483906 (hardcover : alk. paper), 1586483900 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Physical Desc
xiv, 347 pages, 25 cm.
Status
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Natick - Adult | [Travel] 917.94/A663 | On Shelf |
Newton - Adult | 917.94 A66W 2009 | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : PublicAffairs, c2009.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
ISBN
9781586483906 (hardcover : alk. paper), 1586483900 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes
Description
In the tradition of Joan Didion, Arax combines journalism, essay, and memoir to capture social upheaval as well as the sense of being rooted in a community. This new collection finds a different drama rising out of each confounding landscape: a portrait of one family from Oaxaca, through harrowing border crossings and brutal raisin harvests; right-wing Christians and Jews form a strange pact that tries to silence debate on the War on Terror; Lamont, the inspiration for the town in the Grapes of Wrath, has but one Okie left, who tells Arax his life story as he drives to a funeral to bury one more Dust Bowl migrant; in Humboldt County, the old hippies are battling the new hippies over "pollution pot." Arax pieces together the murder-suicide at the heart of a rotisserie chicken empire, and provides a moving epilogue to the murder of his own father.--From publisher description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Arax, M. (2009). West of the West: dreamers, believers, builders, and killers in the Golden State . PublicAffairs.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Arax, Mark, 1956-. 2009. West of the West: Dreamers, Believers, Builders, and Killers in the Golden State. PublicAffairs.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Arax, Mark, 1956-. West of the West: Dreamers, Believers, Builders, and Killers in the Golden State PublicAffairs, 2009.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Arax, Mark. West of the West: Dreamers, Believers, Builders, and Killers in the Golden State PublicAffairs, 2009.
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