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""Rows of Memory is the inspiring journey of a Mexican American who grew up in a migrant family, moving with the crops through the vegetable farms of the Midwest. Gracefully written, it is the quintessential American success story, with toil, struggle, and determination marking the author's transition from farm worker to college professor.""--Zaragosa Vargas, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ""This inspirational and hopeful account of migratory farm laborers' experiences exposes schools as alienating places. We learn how these experiences of being brutally exploited field workers can nevertheless equip them with the tenacity, endurance, and strength that they need to achieve success in school. Kudos to Saúl Sánchez for such a courageous and compelling memoir!""--Angela Valenzuela, author, Subtractive Schooling: U.S-Mexican Youth and the Politics of Caring

Rows of Memory is the inspiring journey of a Mexican American who grew up in a migrant family, moving with the crops through the vegetable farms of the Midwest. Gracefully written, it is the quintessential American success story, with toil, struggle, and determination marking the author's transition from farm worker to college professor. --Zaragosa Vargas, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill This inspirational and hopeful account of migratory farm laborers' experiences exposes schools as alienating places. We learn how these experiences of being brutally exploited field workers can nevertheless equip them with the tenacity, endurance, and strength that they need to achieve success in school. Kudos to Saul Sanchez for such a courageous and compelling memoir! --Angela Valenzuela, author, Subtractive Schooling: U.S-Mexican Youth and the Politics of Caring Rows of Memory is the inspiring journey of a Mexican American who grew up in a migrant family, moving with the crops through the vegetable farms of the Midwest. Gracefully written, it is the quintessential American success story, with toil, struggle, and determination marking the author s transition from farm worker to college professor. Zaragosa Vargas, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill This inspirational and hopeful account of migratory farm laborers experiences exposes schools as alienating places. We learn how these experiences of being brutally exploited field workers can nevertheless equip them with the tenacity, endurance, and strength that they need to achieve success in school. Kudos to Saul Sanchez for such a courageous and compelling memoir! Angela Valenzuela, author, Subtractive Schooling: U.S-Mexican Youth and the Politics of Caring

This inspirational and hopeful account of migratory farm laborers' experiences exposes schools as alienating places. We learn how these experiences of being brutally exploited field workers can nevertheless equip them with the tenacity, endurance, and strength that they need to achieve success in school. Kudos to Sa l S nchez for such a courageous and compelling memoir! --Angela Valenzuela, author, Subtractive Schooling: U.S-Mexican Youth and the Politics of Caring Rows of Memory is the inspiring journey of a Mexican American who grew up in a migrant family, moving with the crops through the vegetable farms of the Midwest. Gracefully written, it is the quintessential American success story, with toil, struggle, and determination marking the author's transition from farm worker to college professor. --Zaragosa Vargas, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

This inspirational and hopeful account of migratory farm laborers' experiences exposes schools as alienating places. We learn how these experiences of being brutally exploited field workers can nevertheless equip them with the tenacity, endurance, and strength that they need to achieve success in school. Kudos to Saul Sanchez for such a courageous and compelling memoir! --Angela Valenzuela, author, Subtractive Schooling: U.S-Mexican Youth and the Politics of Caring

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Now retired from Texas Lutheran University, Saúl Sánchez was a teacher and professor of Spanish, French and English as a second language at several universities during a career lasting almost forty years. The proud grandfather of five, he lives in Seguin, Texas.

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