The other California : the great central valley in life and letters / Gerald W. Haslam ; cover design by Erin Kirk New.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haslam, Gerald W., author.

Contributor:

New, Erin Kirk, cover designer.

Series:

Western literature series.

Western Literature Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Central Valley (Calif. : Valley)--Description and travel.

Central Valley (Calif. : Valley) -- Description and travel.

Central Valley (Calif. : Valley).

Central Valley (Calif. : Valley)--Social life and customs.

Central Valley (Calif. : Valley)--Literary collections.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (130 p.)

Edition:

[Enl. ed.].

Place of Publication:

Reno, Nevada ; Las Vegas, [Nevada] : University of Nevada Press, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; The Other California; The Lake That Will Not Die; The Water Game; The Kern, My River; California's Literary Landscape; Other Voices, Other Lives; The Grapes of Wrath: A Book That Stretched My Soul; Father Comes Home; What about the Okies?; Oil Town Rumble: The Young Men of Taft; William Saroyan and the Critics; Remembering Hutch; Bronzing the Valley; The Bakersfield Sound; Leon Patterson's Short Season; Oildale; The Home; Visions of the Valley; Other Californians; Credits

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-87417-410-4

OCLC:

1017612102