About this title: Describes the attempt of twenty-six men to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona, a region known as the Devil's Highway, detailing their harrowing ordeal and battle for survival against impossible odds.
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Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780316010801ISBN:0316010804
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Good condition with clean pages. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 239 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780316010801ISBN:0316010804
Description: New. 0316010804 From Publishers Weekly In May 2001, 26 Mexican men scrambled across the border and into an area of the Arizona desert known as the Devil's Highway. Only 12 made it safely across. American Book Award"winning writer and poet Urrea (Across the Wire; Six Kinds of Sky; etc. ), who was born in Tijuana and now lives outside Chicago, tracks the paths those men took from their home state of Veracruz all the way norte. Their enemies were many: the U.S. Border Patrol ("La Migra"); gung-ho ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780316010801ISBN:0316010804
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Date Published: 2005-09-19
ISBN-13:9780316010801ISBN:0316010804
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Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown & Co, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780316746717ISBN:0316746711
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Dust jacket protected by Brodart cover. NEW COPY. read more
Description: Reader copy. Used, in acceptable condition. All orders go out six days a week with delivery confirmation. Customer service is important to me so if you have questions or concerns I am only an email away. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Date Published: 2005-09-19
ISBN-13:9780316010801ISBN:0316010804
Description: VERY GOOD SOFTCOVER. Size: trade paperback; So many illegal immigrants die in the desert Southwest of the U.S. that only notorious catastrophes make headlines. Urrea reconstructs one such incident in the Sonoran Desert, the ordeal of sun and thirst of two dozen men in May 2001, half of whom suffered excruciating deaths. They came from Vera Cruz; their so-called guide came from Guadalajara. Jesus Lopez Ramos was no master of orienteering, however, just an expendable bottom-feeder in the border ... read more
"I was assigned this book in nursing school of all places, I guess to enlighten the new "immigrants" in our class to the true struggle and torture of the border crossers in this area of the country. While this topic is engaging and radically important to consider, the absolute lack of writing ability of Urrea made me stumble over every page, dragging myself through. I constantly stopped to point out literary, grammatical, etc. errors to my friend who also has a literature degree, and we were both in agreement it was awful. I think out of my class only 15% of us actually finished, of which I was one of the few, just because I rarely give up on a book or author without allowing them to complete their point. Lack of writing ability makes this book feel like a punishment. Absolute ick."
"An account of immigrants who illegally crossed the U.S./Mexican border and were abandoned by smugglers in the unforgiving Arizona desert. A page turner and a unique view of illegal immigration (though I admit, the book seemed, to me at least, biased to the side of the crossers). Living close to the areas where this book happened, and having been on the desolate area that they tried to cross (near the Goldwater Range), I can understand the physical hardship and death that the desert extracts as payment for those who try to cross her. This book should be required reading for every border community."
"I read this book as eagerly as I read his previous two books about the border (Across the Wire, and By the Lake of Sleeping Children). This book is even more heartwrenching, and makes me more angry at our government for not working with Mexico's government to implement comprehensive immigration reform. As long as the two governments do nothing, tragic death of immigrants and continued corruption on the part of those involved in the business of human trafficking will continue. As always, Urrea writes not only candidly, but also with a fine sense of humor when it is called for. For all the horror of which he writes, he is able to present the story of immigrants and their journey no less lyrically."
"What an amazing and disturbing story. We all have our opinions about illegal aliens, but when you read this, you'll think differently. The book gives a lot of information about why they "walk" and gives detail about what happens to this group when their "coyote" abandons them. I read it in two days - it was that engrossing. As an aside, about 15 minutes after I finished it, a lady came to my door selling homemade tamales. She spoke NO English, just pointed to a piece of paper telling me that two dozen of them would cost $20.00. I'm not saying she just crossed into this country - I don't know a thing about her. But I handed her $20.00, smiled as big as I could and thanked her profusely!!! I will NEVER think of illegal aliens in the same way again. This is a tremendously sad story told very compassionately. I highly recommend it! AND - those were the BEST tamales I've ever eaten!"
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