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Author | : William Saroyan |
Publisher | : New Directions Publishing |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780811212823 |
Eleven of William Saroyan's most delightful tales, Fresno Stories springs straight from the source of the author's vision--"the archetypal Armenian families who inhabit Saroyan country, in and around Fresno, California." (Chicago Tribune)
Author | : Mark Arax |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1997-08 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0671010026 |
On January 2, 1972, Mark Arax's childhood came to a sudden, explosive end when his father was shot to death at his nightclub in Fresno, California. It was one of the most sensational murders in California's heartland, and it was never solved. Mark, only fifteen years old at the time, was left with a legacy of questions: Were the rumors about his father true? Had he led a double life? Was he killed because of his dealings with the underworld? Mark Arax, an award-winning journalist at the Los Angeles Times, now writes a searing, intensely personal account of his twenty-two-year search for answers about his father's life and death, and his own identity. As the oldest child, Mark was thrust into the role of patriarch. His quest for answers began in high school, when he sought out his father's father, an Armenian immigrant. His grandfather opened a window into an old country world full of promise and heartbreak -- and four generations of eccentric family members. Two decades later, Mark uprooted his wife and baby and returned to Fresno under an assumed name to try and determine who killed his father and why. Fearing for his own life, he discovers his father was murdered just before he was going to make a startling disclosure. More than a true-life murder mystery, more than an exploration of family and culture, In My Father's Name is the poignant story of one man's remarkable journey as he uncovers long-hidden secrets about his father, his family, his heritage, and the town he once called home.
Author | : Stephen D. Gutierrez |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
Fiction. Latin American Studies. "If you read one book of stories this year, make it this one. LIVE FROM FRESNO Y LOS kicks out the jams, and takes no prisoners. Enjoy, and tell a friend"--Virgil Suarez. "Stunning. Really, a lovely and loving collection of stories, nicely balanced between the vernacular and the literarily eloquent"--Lamar Herrin. "There is an ineradicable sweetness to these stories, accompanied by the crisp and happy bemusement of a genuine voice--the sound of one person speaking directly to another, and not from the head, but from that most mysterious of mouths, the human heart"--Jim Krusoe.
Author | : Ashley Wellman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2020-08 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781734722109 |
Author | : Charles W. Clough |
Publisher | : AG Access Corporation |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : History |
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Author | : Alysia Sofios |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 2011-07-26 |
Genre | : True Crime |
ISBN | : 1451665199 |
Even the most avid true crime fans will be shocked by the story of Marcus Wesson of Fresno, California, the worst mass-murderer in the city’s history. But the horrors he inflicted upon his family are nothing compared to the strength of the survivors, and one brave reporter who risked everything to help them. Originally published as Where Hope Begins. For decades, the family of Marcus Wesson—his wife, Elizabeth, and seventeen children—lived sequestered in a social and emotional prison, enduring his tyrannical reign of physical, sexual, and mental abuse. Then came the terrible day when a family confrontation erupted into a harrowing standoff: with police and SWAT teams descending on a small blue house in central Fresno, Marcus Wesson murdered nine of his children. Television reporter Alysia Sofios got the first tip about Wesson’s arrest and was witness to every twist and turn of the horrific case through to Wesson’s trial. Risking her job and her life to offer friendship and support to the traumatized family members—scarred by memories and guilt, reviled for having the Wesson name—Sofios chronicles the case that shocked the nation, and gives voice to their astounding stories of survival. This is a stunning account of healing from one man’s unimaginable acts, and how each, in time, learned to break free from a deadly devotion.
Author | : Gary Soto |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 205 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780892552542 |
The Chicano writer presents forty-eight short essays and memoir pieces set in his hometown of Fresno, California, and in the San Francisco Bay area.
Author | : Tony Stamolis |
Publisher | : Process |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Fresno (Calif.) |
ISBN | : 9781934170045 |
The central Californian teenage wasteland is the bane of its inhabitants and the butt of a thousand jokes. Though it's one of the most ethnically diverse communities in the US, Fresno is also a killing capital, home to low-riding cholos, empty buildings and dope drops. It is also the birthplace of lauded young photographer, Tony Stamolis, whose fascination with his strange hometown provides a disturbing, hilarious and poignant insider's view of post-suburban American badlands and the people who inhabit them.
Author | : Stephen H. Provost |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-01-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781949971439 |
Author | : Paul Loeffler |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781933502274 |
Capturing the rollercoaster ride of Fresno State's unlikely victory in the 2008 NCAA College World Series, this account tells their story through more than 200 color photographs, radio play-by-play excerpts, and comments from the players themselves. The Bulldogs, originally ranked 89th in the country, triumphed over elimination through six weeks of unprecedented upsets to become the lowest seed ever to win the NCAA baseball championship. Told in the unique style of the team's radio announcer, this is an exhilarating and inspirational tale of the metamorphosis from adversity into achievement.