Picket line : the lost novella / Elmore Leonard ; introduction by C. M. Kushins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leonard, Elmore, 1925-2013, author.

Contributor:

Kushins, C. M., writer of introduction.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Migrant agricultural laborers--Fiction.

Migrant agricultural laborers.

Migrant agricultural laborers--Labor unions--Fiction.

Strikes and lockouts--Agricultural laborers--Fiction.

Strikes and lockouts.

Labor unions--Organizing--Fiction.

Labor unions.

Race relations--Fiction.

Race relations.

Texas--Fiction.

Texas.

Genre:

Historical fiction.

Social problem fiction.

novellas.

Novellas.

Physical Description:

xviii, 106 pages ; 20 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Mariner Books, [2025]

Summary:

"Chino de la Cruz and Paco Rojas seem well-mannered, at least for Chicanos, to the white cops that pull them over for littering on the long drive from California to Trinity, Texas. So well-mannered, in fact, that Captain Frank McKellan lets them off with a warning and recommends them a job at Stanzik Farms, the largest independent melon grower in the area. But Chino and Paco didn't drive all this way for work. Instead, Chino is looking for a mysterious man, Vincent Mora, whose new Valley Agricultural Workers Association is causing a scene striking against the farm owners. Stanzik's fields and Mora's union bring together a cast of unlikely characters: Connie Chavez, a former picker and blossoming revolutionary who leads with a bullhorn and a fearless mouth; Bud Davis, a white Xavier University student working for spending money; Harold Ritchie, a local marine-turned-cop; Luis Tamez, a striker whose grandson served with Harold in Vietnam; and many more, including the pragmatic Chino, who finds himself pulled irrevocably into the cause. Some are neighbors, others just passing through. Some know each other well, or at least thought they did...before the picket line."-- From publisher's description.

Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Illustrated lining-papers.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Miller Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

0063389363

9780063389366

OCLC:

1482812835