{"product_id":"growing-season-life-of-a-migrant-community-hardcover-1","title":"Growing Season: Life of a Migrant Community - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHarwood\u003c\/b\u003e (Photographer), \u003cb\u003eDavid Hassler\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books)), \u003cb\u003eRobert Coles\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSelected as one of the \"Books that Matter\" by the Association of American University Presses for its 75th anniversary.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen photographer Gary Harwood first stepped onto the K. W. Zellers family farm in Hartville, Ohio, to take pictures of the Mexican migrant workers there, he did not expect to find such a strong, tightly knit community.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOver the next five years he used his camera to study the lives and work of these migrants in their northeastern Ohio home. His artful photography captures the migrants' portraits and movingly conveys their great pride in work and family, their struggles and joys.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAccompanying these vibrant photographs are revealing first-person narratives written by David Hassler. The voices of the migrants and community members are eloquent testaments to the importance of the culture, the resilience of the people, and the power of the place.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn photos and stories, \u003cem\u003eGrowing Season\u003c\/em\u003e celebrates the work and play and religious, medical, familial, and communal experiences of these workers--young, old, male, female--and offers readers a success story. A part of our American landscape, these people and the dedicated, caring group of volunteers who support them teach all of us about dignity and humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGary Harwood\u003c\/strong\u003e has been a photographer for Kent State University for more than 22 years and chief photographer since 1987. He has won four national Circle of Excellence awards from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), was named the 2001 University Photographers Association of America's Photographer of the Year, and won the 2005 James R. Gordon Ohio Understanding Award from the Ohio News Photographers Association (ONPA). His work has appeared in numerous national publications, including the \u003cem\u003eCommunication Arts Photo Annual\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eGraphis Photo Annual, \u003c\/em\u003e and he received the 2006 Individual Artist grant for photography and the 2005 Artists and Communities grant from the Ohio Arts Council.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Hassler\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of two books of poems, \u003cem\u003eSabishi: poems from japan\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eRed Kimono, Yellow Barn.\u003c\/em\u003e He is co-editor of \u003cem\u003eA Place to Grow: Voices and Images of Urban Gardeners\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLearning by Heart: Contemporary American Poetry about School.\u003c\/em\u003e A recipient of an individual Artist Fellowship and an \"Artists and Communities\" grant from the Ohio Arts Council, and of the Richard Devine Memorial award for poetry, his poems and essays have appeared in \u003cem\u003ePrairie Schooner, The Sun, Double-Take\/Points of Entry, Indiana Review, \u003c\/em\u003e and other journals. He is the program and outreach director for the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University, where he teaches and conducts writing workshops in local schools and senior centers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 8.74 x 11.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 11, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Great Lakes Book Awards (2007)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46582611738821,"sku":"9780873388733","price":40.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/2sie8gbcEX9780873388733_2af65955-5c1f-4321-914d-a85999a4fdde.webp?v=1784802366","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/growing-season-life-of-a-migrant-community-hardcover-1","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}