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Waves of Recovery: The Life of an Advocate of Latino Civil Rights. Maurice Jourdane. ISBN: 978-0-915745-95-1. $22.95.
This is a riveting personal account of Maurice Jourdane--currently a Superior Court Judge and a member of the Jerry Brown's California Attorney General's Office--leading to his legal representation and advocacy for farm workers César Chávez's organizing efforts. Mo's life reads like a Greek mythic tale. The hero suffers and endures moral and physical sufferance in his quest, his now legendary legal fights and successes against the powerful California growers and agricultural interests.