Description
This panoramic yet intimate account follows three years spent alongside Cesar Chavez as he organizes farmworkers and builds a movement for dignity, fair treatment, and economic justice in California’s agricultural communities. Through vivid reporting and finely observed detail, it chronicles the grape boycott, union campaigns, hunger strikes, and the disciplined commitment to nonviolent action that shaped the struggle. More than a biography, the book is a portrait of grassroots leadership and a landmark examination of labor, civil rights, faith, and the possibilities of collective action. Matthiessen’s immersive literary nonfiction brings both the movement and its charismatic, deeply principled leader into sharp focus.
Available Editions
paperback
Random House
Published Jan 1, 1973
394 pages
ISBN: 9780394484921
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Details
First Published
1969
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Sal Si Puedes by Peter Matthiessen.