Two-buck Chuck & the Marlboro Man : the new Old West /
Bergon, Frank,
Two-buck Chuck & the Marlboro Man : the new Old West / Two-buck Chuck and the Marlboro Man Frank Bergon. - vii, 255 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
The vision of Two-buck Chuck -- Illegal immigrant to valley farmer -- Basque dirt -- Drought in the garden of the sun -- Valley tolerance -- Black ranch girl -- Chicano vet -- New woman warrior -- A valley Indian's search for roots -- Native American Okie -- Rebellion in Marlboro country -- West of California : the Marlboro Man.
"The book debunks stereotypes and shows how California's Great Central Valley intertwines a vanishing Old West and an emerging New West to create America's True West, a country of 21st-century rural and small-town Westerners of many races and ethnicities who often feel ignored or looked down on, several with ties to Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Oklahoma, and Texas, but all shaped as was Bergon by California's Great Valley"--Provided by publisher.
9781948908061 1948908069
2018039126
Cultural pluralism--California--Central Valley.
Central Valley (Calif. : Valley)--Social life and customs--21st century.
Central Valley (Calif. : Valley)--Social conditions--21st century.
Two-buck Chuck & the Marlboro Man : the new Old West / Two-buck Chuck and the Marlboro Man Frank Bergon. - vii, 255 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
The vision of Two-buck Chuck -- Illegal immigrant to valley farmer -- Basque dirt -- Drought in the garden of the sun -- Valley tolerance -- Black ranch girl -- Chicano vet -- New woman warrior -- A valley Indian's search for roots -- Native American Okie -- Rebellion in Marlboro country -- West of California : the Marlboro Man.
"The book debunks stereotypes and shows how California's Great Central Valley intertwines a vanishing Old West and an emerging New West to create America's True West, a country of 21st-century rural and small-town Westerners of many races and ethnicities who often feel ignored or looked down on, several with ties to Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Oklahoma, and Texas, but all shaped as was Bergon by California's Great Valley"--Provided by publisher.
9781948908061 1948908069
2018039126
Cultural pluralism--California--Central Valley.
Central Valley (Calif. : Valley)--Social life and customs--21st century.
Central Valley (Calif. : Valley)--Social conditions--21st century.