Author Miriam Pawel will be speaking at the Oak Park Public Library, (14200 Oak Park Blvd, Oak Park, MI) on Thursday, October 21 @ 7:00 pm about her book THE UNION OF THEIR DREAMS: Power, Hope, and Struggle in Cesar Chàvez’s Farm Worker Movement. The event co-sponsored by the Book Beat will begin at 7:00 p.m. and corresponds with the paperback release of this new appraisal of Ceasar Chavez and the United Farm Workers Movement.  Books will be available for purchase at the event.

“Meticulously researched and based on primary source materials – including tapes and documents never previously reviewed or revealed – THE UNION OF THEIR DREAMS presents a fresh interpretation and evaluation of Chàvez’s legacy.” from the publisher.

MIRIAM PAWEL is an award-winning reporter and editor who spent twenty-five years working for Newsday and the Los Angeles Times. She was recently an Alicia Patterson Foundation Fellow and a John Jacobs Fellow at the Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies.

For information please call Book Beat; 248-968-1190.