Chicano novelist Rudolfo Anaya was greatly influenced by the heroic life of labor and civil rights activist Cisar Chavez. Anaya eulogizes Cisar and his work, expressing the grief of la gente and calling all peoples together to continue the nonviolent struggle for freedom and justice. Includes a chronology of Cesar's life.Rudolfo Anaya, author of Bless Me, Ultima, has earned international acclaim for his skillful mingling of realism, fantasy and myth. He lives in Albuquerque.