America Is in the Heart: A Personal History, Edition 2

Carlos Bulosan

Apr 2014 · University of Washington Press

About this ebook

First published in 1943, this classic memoir by well-known Filipino poet Carlos Bulosan describes his boyhood in the Philippines, his voyage to America, and his years of hardship and despair as an itinerant laborer following the harvest trail in the rural West.

Ratings and reviews

This book is a life changer. Every page had me in tears, the kind where your shoulders shake from sobbing. On a human level, this book is relatable to both Filipinos and non-Filipinos. It is a true account of what Filipinos have gone through when they migrated years ago, and it reveals that Bulosan's experience is still true for a lot of migrants to this day.

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About the author

Carlos Bulosan(1913 - 1956) was an English-language Filipino novelist and poet. Born in the Philippines, he immigrated to the United States at age seventeen and worked as a farmworker, dishwasher, and ultimately, as a labor organizer in both Washington and California.