Comments from Back Cover About the Author ORDER -- Item #3500, Price $18.95 Book Description from Back CoverIn his book "Cressey: Land of Sand and Stars" Eugene Lee lovingly documents the life of a small agricultural town in California's Central Valley. It was a community made up of many immigrant cultures - Japanese, Mexican, Portuguese, and a scattering of Anglo Saxons. All were struggling to establish families and to survive. United in their love for the United States, they shared their meager earnings as a community getting through the hard times of the Great Depression, World War II, and the Japanese Internment.Comments from Back Cover"The book is well-written. The anecdotes are terrific. The stories are excellent. Very people oriented."- Roger Hoskins, Staff Writer Modesto BEE
"Readers will get a flavor of what it was like to grow up in those years. Very readable and charming book."
"The book presents a personal perspective on growing up during the Depression and World War II." Background on Eugene William LeeEugene Lee graduated from Bob Jones University, went on to seminary, and is an ordained Presbyterian minister. His background in Cressey led him to be a missionary in Latin America. He worked among farmers in the interior of Venezuela and later served in Mexico City and Bogota, Colombia. In later years he worked in business and industry in the U. S. He and his wife Jeanne Marie make their home in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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