Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword: Rows of Memory as an Exemplary Migrant Experience by Omar Valerio-Jiménez
Introduction
1. The Spinach Capital of the World
2. Following the Migrant Trail North to Iowa and Minnesota
3. Leaving for California
4. The Migrant Experience from Birth to Age Five
5. A Crystal City Education
6. Joining the Workforce in Wisconsin
7. Compromises in Delano, Wind Lake, and Burlington
8. From La Grammar to Elk Grove Consolidated
9. Youthful Rebellion in Billings, Montana
10. Competition in Moses Lake, Washington
11. Crystal City High
12. New Beginnings in Iowa
13. Graduating from Crystal City
14. Hauling Tomatoes to the Heinz Plant
15. Experiments in the Iowa Fields
16. School and Work from Texas to East L.A.
17. Working the Rows between Classes
18. Using the Long Hoe in North Dakota
19. Adjusting to Academic Life in San Marcos
20. Leaving the Migrant Trail
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index