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ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES. FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1946, THIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE WELL-KNOWN FILIPINO POET DESCRIBES HIS HARDSHIP AND DESPAIR AS AN ITINERANT LABORER FOLLOWING THE HARVEST TRAILS IN THE RURAL WEST. "BULOSAN DOES NOT SPARE THE READER ANY OF THE HORRORS THAT ACCOMPANIED THE MIGRANT'S LIFE; BUT HIS QUIET, STOIC VOICE IS THE MOST CONVINCING WITNESS TO THE TERRIBLE EVENTS HE WITNESSED." "PEOPLE INTERESTED IN DRIVING THE SCOURGE OF INTOLERANCE SHOULD READ MR. BULOSAN'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. THEY SHOULD READ IT THAT THEY MAY DRAW FROM THE ANGER IT WILL AROUSE IN THEM THE DETERMINATION TO BRING TO AN END THE VICIOUS NONSENSE OF RACISM."-- SATURDAY REVIEW OF LITERATURE (COVER DRAWING BY FRANCIS O'BRIEN GARFIELD FROM THE SATURDAY REVIEW OF LITERATURE MARCH 9, 1946)