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- The Other California: The Great Central Valley In Life And Letters
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- 1993
- Published by: University of Nevada Press
- Series: Western Literature Series
Oildale native, Gerald Haslam, doesn’t like it when folks dismiss the Central Valley as boring and flat. In this collection of essays, he argues that it is California’s heartland and economic hub. In addition, the valley has produced a crop of gifted writers. These nineteen essays range from reminiscences of childhood and adolescence to a portrait of Mexican-Americans and their position in the Valley’s society to a moving essay about having the author’s aging father come to live with the family. Even if you have never lived in the Valley, reading this book will give you an entirely new perspective the next time you drive into it.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
- pp. i-viii
- The Other California
- pp. 1-16
- The Lake That Will Not Die
- pp. 17-30
- The Water Game
- pp. 31-36
- The Kern, My River
- pp. 37-54
- California's Literary Landscape
- pp. 55-71
- Other Voices . . . Other Lives
- pp. 72-86
- Father Comes Home
- pp. 96-104
- What about the Okies?
- pp. 105-123
- Oil Town Rumble: The Young Men of Taft
- pp. 124-134
- William Saroyan and the Critics
- pp. 135-146
- Remembering Hutch
- pp. 147-156
- Bronzing the Valley
- pp. 157-168
- The Bakersfield Sound
- pp. 169-174
- Leon Patterson's Short Season
- pp. 175-180
- Visions of the Valley
- pp. 200-207
- Other Californians
- pp. 208-218
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