"'Picket Line' is an archival text, written as part of a project that did not come to fruition and is previously unpublished. 'Chick Killer' was published in McSweeney's in 2011. 'Ice Man' was published in The Atlantic in 2012"--Title page verso.
Title
Picket line and other stories / Elmore Leonard.
Artist
Leonard, Elmore, 1925-2013. Chick killer.
Subjects
Language
English
Type
Book
Abstract
Trouble is in the air at Stanzik Farms, Texas. The workers have gone on strike and tensions are threatening to boil over. As secrets come to a head and migrant workers, cops, foremen, agitators and union bosses collide at the picket line, things start to get very rough indeed. Elmore Leonard's brilliantly orchestrated, never-before-published story Picket Line is accompanied here by two more terse tales of ruthless enforcers and tense stand-offs.