America is in the heart : a personal history

Bulosan, Carlos, 1914-1956.

America is in the heart : a personal history Carlos Bulosan ; introduction by Carey McWilliams. - The original 1964 edition. - Mandaluyong City : Anvil Publishing, 2006. - 327 pages ; 21 cm - Classics of Asian American Literature .

Includes bibliographical references

"First published in 1946, this autobiography of the well-known Filipino poet describes his boyhood in the Philippines, his voyage to America, and his years of hardship and despair as an itinerant laborer following the harvest trail in the rural West. Bulosan does not spare the reader any of the horrors that accompanied the migrant's life, but his quiet, stoic voice is the most convincing witness to the terrible events he witnessed"--

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Bulosan, Carlos


Filipino Americans--Biography
Filipino American migrant agricultural laborers--Biography


Philippines--Social life and customs


Biography.

PS 9993.B877 / .Am35 2006