This classic oral history of the first wave of Filipino immigration to the United States sets the scene for an understanding of the true role of Filipino culture in the American tapestry. In their own words, Pinoy (a term Filipinos use to refer to themselves) informants recall the journey from the Philippines to the United States.  With candor and humor they recall the back breaking jobs they were often forced to take as domestics, farm hands, cannery line workers, and field hands on pineapple and sugar plantations.  This is a touching collection of vignettes recorded and edited by Dr. Robert Vallangca, a Pinoy immigrant himself.  Readers will be moved and delighted with reminiscences of such little-known American stories as "Dime-and-Dance" halls on Saturday nights, free lunches in the Chinese gambling dens, and the everyday struggle to adjust to an often hostile atmosphere. Illustrated.

Pinoy: The First Wave, 1898-1941

Biographies & Memoirs

Robert V. Vallangca

Historical

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Alvarez on Alvarez

Alvarez, Walter Clement

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Fundamentally Speaking

Education & Teaching

Myers, Henry S.

Schools & Teaching

Linda Clark's Cookbook: A Treasury of Recipes for Successful Entertaining

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Clark, Linda A.

Cooking Education & Reference

Mirror of the Body

Kaye, Anna

So Great a Cloud of Witnesses

Religion & Spirituality

Rankin, David O.

Other Religions, Practices & Sacred Texts

<p>Photographs and motion picture stills highlight Oakie's anecdotes about his career and friends in Hollywood</p>

Jack Oakie's Double Takes

Oakie, Jack

The Prayers I Love

Redding, David A.

A myth? Certainly a legend! A place to escape to-- or from? All the world has heard of Castro Street, but very few have probed beneath its surface. The allure of its name is enormous, and its impact on lifestyles, gay and straight alike, has been amazing. This is the story of one man, whose life, like so many others, was changed when he migrated to this mecca for the gay community in the 1970's. Bred in Berwyn, Illinois, a city of homes that "lacked a certain soul," author Dan Vojir was drawn like a magnet to Castro Street's peculiarities, its joy of living, its hardships, and its excitements. Dan brings us into the world of jockey shorts, bars, bathhouses, cops, go-go dancers, and spotlight fever that make up the "sunny side" of Castro Street. Illustrated.

The Sunny Side of Castro Street

Vojir, Dan

A Slice of Country Life 1902 1915

Walker, George F.

History

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