Encyclopedia of Cesar Chavez: The Farm Workers' Fight for Rights and Justice

This well-researched and accessible encyclopedia provides an unbiased "glimpse into the men, women, events, organizations, and themes of Chavez's life." Detailed entries (such as "Forty Acres," "1965 Grape Strike," and "One Thousand Mile March") range from a few paragraphs to a few pages in length and include print and online references for further reading. Primary-source documents featuring speeches, interviews, and excerpts from Congressional testimony by Chavez and others in the movement make the book useful and informative. The index is substantive, with main entry and general subject headings, and the annotated bibliography is a stand-out resource in itself, offering a thorough list of books and articles with a brief summary of each entry, though it would be even better if the entries were grouped by subject rather than by author last name, which is harder to work with. Also, some of the smaller general topics might make interesting main entry topics in future expanded editions (e.g., "El Teatro Campesino").