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Barcode30053003806976
Home LocationParis-Bourbon
Call NoF LEON
Title Picket line : the lost novella / Elmore Leonard ; introduction by C.M. Kushins.
Author Leonard, Elmore, 1925-2013, author.
CollectionNEW: Adult Fiction
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 Paris-Bourbon30053003806976F LEON10/21/2025 Available

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Personal Name Leonard, Elmore, 1925-2013, author.
Title Statement Picket line : the lost novella / Elmore Leonard ; introduction by C.M. Kushins.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York, NY : Mariner Books, [2025]
Physical Description xviii, 106 pages ; 20 cm
Content Type text txt rdacontent
Media Type unmediated n rdamedia
Carrier Type volume rdacarrier
Summary, Etc. "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."--Provided by publisher.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Migrant agricultural laborers Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Labor unions Fiction. Organizing
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Race relations Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Migrant agricultural laborers Fiction. Labor unions
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Strikes and lockouts Fiction. Agricultural laborers
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term Texas Fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Novellas. lcgft

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