Lost Literature: On “Picket Line,” Elmore Leonard’s Remarkable, Long-Unpublished Novella

Lost Literature: On “Picket Line,” Elmore Leonard’s Remarkable, Long-Unpublished Novella

“If a man comes out of the field and goes on the picket line, even for one day, he’ll never be the same….The picket line is where a man makes his commitment, and it’s irrevocable; and the longer he’s on the picket line, the stronger the commitment….” –Peter Matthiessen, Sal Si Puedes (Escape If You Can): Cesar Chavez and the New American Revolution   For six decades, Elmore Leonard watched as new readers discovered his Western and crime fiction …