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DESCRIPTION:Book reading by Gerald Haslam\nGerald Haslam’s book looks at the social 
 conditions that country music expressed in California. Many of these 
 singers migrated to California to escape the poverty and economic collapse 
 of the dustbowl and their songs reflected their lives and struggles for 
 survival, love and the beauty of life. This rich history is developed in 
 the context of these individual stories that are woven together as a 
 song.\nAwards to Gerald Haslam:\n2006 -- Josephine Miles National Literary 
 Award for Haslam's Valley\n2005 -- Delbert and Edith Wylder Award (“for 
 Exceptional Service”) Western Literature Association\n2004 -- Certificate 
 of Commendation, California Arts Council\n2003 -- Sequoia -- Giant of the 
 Valley Award, The Great Valley Center\n2001 -- Western States Book Award 
 for Straight White Male\n2001 -- Silver Medal, ForeWord magazine fiction 
 book of the year for Straight White Male\n2001 -- Carey McWilliams Award, 
 California Studies Association\n2001 -- Certificate of Commendation, 
 American Association for State and Local History for Workin' Man 
 Blues\n2000 -- Ralph J. Gleason Award from Rolling Stone, BMI, NYU for 
 Workin' Man Blues\n1999 -- Distinguished Achievement Award, Western 
 Literature Association\n1999 -- Coming of Age in California selected as one 
 of the 20th Century's top 100 non-fiction books from the West in a San 
 Francisco Chronicle poll.\n1998 -- Bakersfield Centennial Literature 
 Award\n1998 -- Laureate, San Francisco Library Foundation\n1994 -- 
 Commonwealth Club Medal for Californiana for The Great Central Valley\n1994 
 -- Award of Merit from the Association of State and Local History for The 
 Great Central Valley\n1994 -- Honorable Mention (finalist) PEN USA West 
 Nonfiction Award for The Great Central Valley \n1993 -- Bay Area Book 
 Reviewers’ Association Award for Nonfiction for The Great Central 
 Valley\n1993 -- Benjamin Franklin Award from Publishers’ Marketing 
 Association for Many Californias: Literature from the Golden State\n1993 -- 
 Outstanding Literary Artist from Arts Council of Kern \n1990 -- Josephine 
 Miles National Literary Award from PEN Oakland for That Constant 
 Coyote\n1989 -- Creative Writing Fellowship from California Arts Council 
 \n1988 -- Honorable Mention, Spur Best Short Fiction Award from Western 
 Writers of America for "The Estero"\n 1985 -- Bernard Ashton Raborg Award 
 for "William Saroyan and the Critics"\nSee 
 also:\nhttp://www.geraldhaslam.com/\nand\nhttp://www.laborfest.net/2008schedule.htm\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/28/18511869.php
SUMMARY:Laborfest: Book reading: Workin' Man Blues, Country Music In California
LOCATION:Modern Times Bookstore 888 Valencia St. at 20th St., San Francisco (24th St 
 BART)\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/28/18511869.php
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