The devil's highway, a true story, Luis Alberto Urrea
Type
Label
The devil's highway, a true story, Luis Alberto Urrea
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The devil's highway
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Oclc number
502994067
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. 2 maps
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
Target audience
adult
Classification
Creator
Subject
- Région frontalière mexicano-américaine -- Conditions sociales
- Mexican-American Border Region -- Social conditions
- Creative nonfiction
- Essais fictionnels
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
- United States -- Immigration and emigration -- Social aspects -- Juvenile literature
- Mexico -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
- Illegal immigration -- Mexican-American Border Region
- Immigrants clandestins
- Immigration clandestine -- Région frontalière mexicano-américaine
- Electronic books
- Mexico -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects -- Juvenile literature
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects -- Juvenile literature
- Human smuggling -- Mexican-American Border Region
- Trafic de migrants -- Région frontalière mexicano-américaine
- Noncitizens + Crimes against -- Mexican-American Border Region
- Noncitizens
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- Creator1
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- Subject17
- Région frontalière mexicano-américaine -- Conditions sociales
- Mexican-American Border Region -- Social conditions
- Creative nonfiction
- Essais fictionnels
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
- United States -- Immigration and emigration -- Social aspects -- Juvenile literature
- Mexico -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
- Illegal immigration -- Mexican-American Border Region
- Immigrants clandestins
- Immigration clandestine -- Région frontalière mexicano-américaine
- Electronic books
- Mexico -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects -- Juvenile literature
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects -- Juvenile literature
- Human smuggling -- Mexican-American Border Region
- Trafic de migrants -- Région frontalière mexicano-américaine
- Noncitizens + Crimes against -- Mexican-American Border Region
- Noncitizens
- Content1
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