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The Devils Highway
Louis Alberto Urrea
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Description for The Devils Highway
Paperback. In a new 10th anniversary edition: "The single most compelling, lucid, and lyrical contemporary account of the absurdity of U.S. border policy" (The Atlantic). Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; JFFN; JKV; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 280.
The author of 'Across the Wire' offers brilliant investigative reporting of what went wrong when, in May 2001, a group of 26 men attempted to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona. Only 12 men came back out. 'Superb . . . Nothing less than a saga on the scale of the Exodus and an ordeal as heartbreaking as the Passion . . . The book comes vividly alive with a richness of language and a mastery of narrative detail that only the most gifted of writers are able to achieve. - Los Angeles Times Book Review. ... Read more
The author of 'Across the Wire' offers brilliant investigative reporting of what went wrong when, in May 2001, a group of 26 men attempted to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona. Only 12 men came back out. 'Superb . . . Nothing less than a saga on the scale of the Exodus and an ordeal as heartbreaking as the Passion . . . The book comes vividly alive with a richness of language and a mastery of narrative detail that only the most gifted of writers are able to achieve. - Los Angeles Times Book Review. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780316010801
SKU
V9780316010801
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About Louis Alberto Urrea
Luis Alberto Urrea is the author of several award-winning books inc. The Hummingbird's Daughter and Into the Beautiful North. His many prizes include and Edgar and he's also the recipient of a citation of excellence from the American Library Association. He is a member of the Latino Literary Hall of Fame
Reviews for The Devils Highway
"The Devil's Highway comes alive with a richness of language and a mastery of narrative detail that only the most gifted writers are able to achieve." - Jonathan Kirsch, Los Angeles Times, 2004 "A reading of The Devil's Highway will undoubtedly brace your soul and remind you that all of us, rich or poor, brown, white, black or yellow, ... Read more