The Devil's Highway
A True Story
New York : Little, Brown, [2004]
Format: Ebook
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Edition: First edition.
Description: xii, 239 pages ; 22 cm
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. Only 12 men came back out. 2 maps.
Contents:
Cutting the drag: Rules of the game -- Dead man's sign: In Veracruz ; Coyote and the chicken ; El guía ; Jesús walks among us ; In Sonoita ; Pepsi for the apocalypse ; Bad step at bluebird ; Killed by the light -- In desolation: Long walk ; Their names ; Broken promise ; Trees and the sun ; Helicopters -- Aftermath: Aftermath ; Home.
Subjects:
Human smuggling -- Mexican-American Border Region.
Noncitizens -- Crimes against -- Mexican-American Border Region.
Illegal immigration -- Mexican-American Border Region.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
Mexico -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
Mexican-American Border Region -- Social conditions.
Human smuggling -- Mexican-American Border Region.
Noncitizens -- Crimes against -- Mexican-American Border Region.
Illegal immigration -- Mexican-American Border Region.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
Mexico -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
Mexican-American Border Region -- Social conditions.
Target Audience: 890L
ISBN:
9780316049283 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
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Electronic reproduction. New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2008. Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 327 KB).
Electronic reproduction. New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2008. Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 327 KB).