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New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 2018.. SIGNED first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) An account of one teen's experience growing up in America as an undocumented immigrant from the Middle East - a book which mixes "90s pop culture references, adolescent angst and Iranian history into an intimate, informative narrative that thoroughly defies current divisive view on immigration. (The New York Times) "At thirteen, straight-A student Sara Saedi uncovered a terrible family secret: she was breaking the law simply by living in the United States. Only two years old when her parents fled Iran, she didn't learn of her undocumented status until her older sister wanted to apply for an after-school job, but couldn't because she didn't have a Social Security number." SIGNED on the title page. Although written for young adults, this is a must read in today's environment. 270 pp.

Albuquerque:: University of New Mexico Press,, (2007). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The author's second collection of non-fiction tales which focus on the migration of Mexicans to the United States - from Oaxaca to Chicago, Michoacan to southeast Los Angeles, Tijuana to Texas. In doing so, he has uncovered stories that help illuminate what it is that Mexicans seek when they come north, how they change their new country, and are changed by it. Boldly INSCRIBED on the title page. Map frontispiece. 317 pp

New York:: The Viking Press,, (2002.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.). First printing. His third book - as with the others, it is an interesting and very personal look at a changing America - "At the core of this book is an assessment of the meaning of Hispanics to the life of America. ... a book about America in the broadest sense full of surprising observations by a writer who is a marvelous stylist as well as a trenchant observer and thinker." 232 pp.

New York:: Pantheon,, (1994.). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. The border between the United States and Mexico covers 1,951 miles, and in this book Langewiesche attempts to understand and explain this no-man's land that exists between two countries and its effects on the people who live in the area. He "portrays not an imaginary line through the desert, but two distrustful, hopelessly unequal and increasingly zenophobic neighbor countries. 247 pp. Map endpapers.

Berkeley, CA:: University of California Press,, (1986). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Illustrated with photographs. "Alvarez investigates the life histories of pioneer migrants and their offspring, finding a human dimension to migration which centers on the family. Spanish, American, and English exploits paved the way for exchange between Baja and Alta California. Alvarez shows how cultural stability actually increased as migrants settled in new locations, bringing their common values and memories with them." Includes an appendix with the original Spanish field notes, notes, bibliography, index. xv. 213 pp.

New York:: Crown,, (2017). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) The "story of identical twin brothers who escape El Salvador's violence to build new lives in California fighting to survive, to stay, and to belong. . . a coming of age tale that is also a nuanced portrait of Central America's child exodus, an investigation of U.S. immigration policy, and a testament to the migrant experience." INSCRIBED on the title page. Notes.288 pp.

New York:: Crown,, (2017). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) The "story of identical twin brothers who escape El Salvador's violence to build new lives in California fighting to survive, to stay, and to belong. . . a coming of age tale that is also a nuanced portrait of Central America's child exodus, an investigation of U.S. immigration policy, and a testament to the migrant experience." SIGNED and dated on the title page. Notes.288 pp.

Chicago:: Nelson-Hall,, (1979). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in very good dust jacke (stamp on top edge of text block, sunning to spine of dj, some wear to top edge). First edition. A book which "touches on the highlights of the German-American contribution the the rise of America. Written in three parts it covers (1) the diverse roles German-Americans have played in American life from colonial times to the present, (2) the German-American participation in U.S. military history since the frontier wars of the 1750s and 60s, and (3) the German-American contributions to America in Science and education." Just to cite two specific examples: the first formal protest against Negro slavery came out of Germantown, Reobling built the first railroad bridge and when German immigration reached its crest in 1854 half of all immigrants that year were German. Bibliography, index. xi, 238 pp.

St. Paul, MN:: University of Minnesota Press,, (1955). Hardcover first edition -. Very good in salmon cloth in a good only dust jacket. (a bit of dustiness to edges of textblock, price-clipped, short tears, overall edgewear, rubbing at corners of dj and folds but a tight, sturdy and clean copy) . First printing. Letters from the middle of the 19th century by Norwegian immigrants to those they left behind - written orignally in Norwegian and here translated into English. Includes chapters on the "Sloopfolk" arriving, settling in Wisconsin, the Atlantic crossing; the Transatlantic gold rush; the Southwest and more. Edited and with a foreword by Theodore Blegen. Index xix, 463 pp.

New York:: Riverhead Books,, (2018). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) The author's first book, an account of his four years in the Border Patrol, between 2008 to 2012, and afterwards - a book which reveals the violence our border and policies wreak on both sides. The son of a park ranger, Cant grew up in the southwest and when he joined the Border Patrol, he became a witness to the stark realities of the desert, where the obligations of his job weighed heavily against his sense of humanity. SIGNED on the title page. 247 pp.

New York:: Fleming H. Revell Company,, (1913). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Good overall in light brown covers with white lettering, small illustration on front cover - some rubbing to the lettering, side of spine covering splitting towards the rear cover, . First edition. A call for religious and ethnic tolerance told in five brief chapters, each presenting a different viewpoint - that of a doctor, rabbi, priest, pastor and the market - by this writer who was known for his advocacy for immigrants and immigration reform. Born into a well-to-do Jewish-Slovenian family in Szemioa, Hungary, and educated in Vienna and Heidelberg, he fled to the United States to avoid arrest for his sympathy with Slovaks. After converting to Chrisianity he became a professor of Applied Christianity at Grinnell College. SIGNED by Steiner on the front endpaper with the comment "It is not easy to keep high banners up against the storm, Devotedly yours.." Illustrated with a frontispiece with a tissue guard and… Read More

New York:: Rayo (Harper Collins),, (2004.). SIGNED first edition -. SIGNED on the half title page. Fine (a new copy) in illustrated wrappers. . Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) An examination of the historical context as well as the contemporary conflicts between Latinos and African Americans, using case studies from New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Washington, D.C., Compton, and Houston. January 2003 marked a significant change in American demographics: Hispanics surpassed African Americans as the nation's largest minority. In this book, Vaca explores the presumption of a black and Hispanic political alliance, while he argues that an alliance is not feasible, since the two ethnic groups are competing for jobs, political power, and educational opportunities. The book begins with the "Hispanic tsunami," the surging growth in the American Hispanic population, and among other issues, includes an informative chapter on a 1946 California court case involving Hispanic's… Read More