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Bitter Melon: Stories from the Last Rural Chinese Town Built in America
by
Jeff Gillenkirk (Goodreads Author),
James Motlow
Nonfiction. "The faces and voices so powerfully captured by Jeff Gillenkirk, a writer, and James Motlow, a photographer, in their oral history. testify to a dramatic shift in outlook and expectation. For this aging group of Chinese agricultural workers in the 1980s, the bitterness has passed. Their stories of back-breaking labor, social ostracism and grinding poverty ...more
Paperback, 144 pages
Published
June 1st 1993
by Heyday Books
(first published October 1987)
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We drive through Locke on our way to the cabin on the Delta...thus my interest in "Bitter Melon." It's the history of Locke from the building of the town to current times. It's a charming place that oozes memories of a time long ago.
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Recommends it for:
Sacramentans, Stocktonians, Deltans
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california
Having visited Locke and other Delta towns - I was interested in learning about the history of the Chinese in this area. The book mainly contains interviews and photos from the mid-1970's with residents who have probably all passed away. Read this before Shawna Yang Ryan's "Locke 1928" to get the backstory.
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