"Chino de la Cruz and Paco Rojas seem well-mannered, at least forChicanos, to the white cops that pull them over for littering on the long drive from California to Trinity, Texas, [in 1970]. 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 allthis 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 Haroldin Vietnam; and many more, including the pragmatic Chino, who findshimself pulled irrevocably into the cause"--Provided by publisher of regular-sized print edition.