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| Genre/Form: | Creative nonfiction |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Luis Alberto Urrea |
| ISBN: | 0316746711 9780316746717 |
| OCLC Number: | 52937749 |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
| Description: | xii, 239 p. ; 22 cm. |
| 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. |
| Responsibility: | Luis Alberto Urrea. |
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Abstract:
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.
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