La Posada and Other Stories
(Backroads of America)
by
Book Details
Language :
English
Publication Date :
3/27/2001
Format :
Softcover
Dimensions :
5.5x8.5
Page Count :
255
ISBN :
9780738854748
Format :
E-Book
Dimensions :
5.5x8.5
Page Count :
255
ISBN :
9781462814114
About the Book
A collection of stories that includes the novella-length La Posada, the story of a group of Mexican-American farmworkers in the Salinas Valley of California who defy their corporate bosses to form a union and create their own farming cooperative. Other stories deal with the pain of adolescent love, rural eccentrics of the South and the death of a loved one.
About the Author
Robert Miskimon was born and raised in Richmond, Va. and now lives in Washington State. During a long career as a journalist, he covered farm labor in the Salinas Valley of California. His previously published novels are A Wind Is Rising and Plastic Jesus.