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Advocate : a graphic memoir of family, community, and the fight for environmental justice / Eddie Ahn ; editor: Vedika Khanna ; colorist and letterer: Eddie Ahn.
Van Pelt Library GE235.C25 A363 2024
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ahn, Eddie, author, illustrator, colorist, letterer.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ahn, Eddie--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Ahn, Eddie.
- Environmental justice--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Environmental justice.
- Nonprofit organizations--Employees--Biography--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Nonprofit organizations.
- Environmentalists--California--Biography--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Environmentalists.
- Lawyers--California--Biography--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Lawyers.
- Korean American families--Comic books, strips, etc.
- Korean American families.
- Genre:
- Nonfiction comics.
- Graphic novels.
- Autobiographical comics.
- Physical Description:
- 207 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- California ; New York : Ten Speed Graphic, an imprint of Ten Speed Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- "A moving graphic memoir following Eddie Ahn, an environmental justice lawyer and activist striving to serve diverse communities in San Francisco amidst environmental catastrophes, an accelerating tide of racial and economic inequality, burnout, and his family's expectations" -- Publisher's description.
- Contents:
- Scene locations
- Prologue
- Come back soon
- Easy money
- Imperfect signals
- Mama Jackson's sword
- Burrito math
- Frontlines
- The morning calm
- The journey to creating Advocate
- Advocating for environmental justice
- On frontlines
- Advocating for oneself.
- Notes:
- Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature - Adult Non-Fiction, Honor, 2024-2025
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781984862495
- 1984862499
- OCLC:
- 1390774604
- Publisher Number:
- 99996444672
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