Conquering Goliath

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by Fred Ross
Foreword by senator Edward M. Kennedy

Conquering Goliath: Cesar Chavez at the Beginning is the fast-moving chronicle of a little known David & Goliath battle pitting Chavez and a handful of farm workers against 200 growers and three governments in 1958 and ‘59, which led directly four years later to the launching of the United Farm Workers of America. “Many books have been written on what happened in the movement,” Cesar Chavez says. “This is the first book that shows how it was done.” Author Fred Ross was Cesar Chavez’s best friend and mentor since 1952, when he discovered Chavez living in the east San Jose barrio of Sal Se Puedes.

First edition paperback.