The Devil's Highway, a true story, Luis Alberto Urrea
Type
Label
The Devil's Highway, a true story, Luis Alberto Urrea
Language
eng
Illustrations
maps
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The Devil's Highway
Oclc number
52937749
Responsibility statement
Luis Alberto Urrea
Sub title
a true story
Summary
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
Table Of 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
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Subject
- Mexican-American Border Region -- Social conditions
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
- Mexico -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
- Illegal immigration -- Mexican-American Border Region
- Human smuggling -- Mexican-American Border Region
- Noncitizens + Crimes against -- Mexican-American Border Region
- Noncitizens
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Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Creator1
- Subject7
- Mexican-American Border Region -- Social conditions
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
- Mexico -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
- Illegal immigration -- Mexican-American Border Region
- Human smuggling -- Mexican-American Border Region
- Noncitizens + Crimes against -- Mexican-American Border Region
- Noncitizens
- Content1
- Mapped to1