
The Wild Mustard Greens by C.W. Eagle is the poignant story of a boy who is the child of migrant workers. Zarco and his family have spent years traversing California, picking nature's bounty wherever the work took them. As the Great Depression takes hold, and as the divide between the “haves and the have-nots” deepens, life for such working families began to change dramatically. While the book's theme is about a young laborer and his family as they follow the harvest from camp to camp, The Wild Mustard Greens is also a serious reminder as to just how easily a great democratic nation such as ours can become divided.