The Devil’s Highway: A True Story
by Luís Alberto Urrea
Publication Date: Jan 01, 2004
List Price: $16.00
Format: Paperback, 272 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780316010801
Imprint: Little, Brown and Company
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Parent Company: Lagardère Group
Paperback Description:
In a new 10th anniversary "The single most compelling, lucid, and lyrical contemporary account of the absurdity of U.S. border policy" (The Atlantic).
In May 2001, a group of men attempted to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona, through the deadliest region of the continent, the "Devil’s Highway." Three years later, Luis Alberto Urrea wrote about what happened to them. The result was a national bestseller, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a "book of the year" in multiple newspapers, and a work proclaimed as a modern American classic.
In a new 10th anniversary "The single most compelling, lucid, and lyrical contemporary account of the absurdity of U.S. border policy" (The Atlantic).
In May 2001, a group of men attempted to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona, through the deadliest region of the continent, the "Devil’s Highway." Three years later, Luis Alberto Urrea wrote about what happened to them. The result was a national bestseller, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a "book of the year" in multiple newspapers, and a work proclaimed as a modern American classic.
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