Ferriss, Susan, and Ricardo Sandoval.The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers Movement. Ed. Diana Hembree. Harcourt Brace, 1997. A biography that traces Chávez's path from a happy childhood on his family's Arizona farm to being a champion of workers' rights in the fields of California.
Hammerback, John C., and Richard J. Jensen.The Rhetorical Career of César Chávez. Texas A&M University Press, 1998. An analysis of Chávez's superb oratorical skills.
Jacobs, William Jay.Great Lives: Human Rights. Scribner, 1990. Biographies of human rights activists, from Thomas Paine to Martin Luther King, Jr., to César Chávez. For younger readers.
Morey, Janet, and Wendy Dunn.Famous Mexican Americans. Cobblehill, 1989. Sketches of Chávez and 13 other Mexican Americans. For younger readers.
Rodriguez, Consuelo.Cesar Chavez. Chelsea House, 1992. From the Hispanics of Achievement series.
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