The Devil's Highway
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3.9
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Luis Alberto Urrea
This important book from a Pulitzer Prize finalist follows the brutal journey a group of men take to cross the Mexican border: "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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Author
Luis Alberto Urrea
Pages
256
Publisher
Little, Brown
Published Date
2008-11-16
ISBN
031604928X 9780316049283
Ratings
Google: 2.5
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"With everything going on these days, I thought immigration would be a good topic to cover. Excellent piece of writing that will certainly give you perspective of the struggles for the people themselves."
Sheldon Rapoza
"Thought I bought an outdoor/wilderness book. Nope. This book was a gruesome true story of illegal immigrants crossing the border. I learned a lot. I see these people in a different light now. "
Tim Dockens
"Audiobook SYNC Theme: Venturing Abroad<br/><br/>Another book I wouldn't have picked up hadn't it been on Audiobook Syncs Summer Reads, but I'm glad I did. Although I didn't care for how the story was told, the story itself is harrowing and an enlightening read. I felt the author was a bit scattered in his telling, jumping to different topics and not telling things always in a linear path, so I wasn't always sure what exactly was happening and what was the author's flourishes. It is worthwhile though to learn just how deadly this trek is and to better understand the different perspectives, and how fault lies with many."
Liesl Prentice
"Beautifully written for such a terrible topic. Urrea made the wise decision to center around the Yuma 30 and the book moves in a well structured manner to examine both their experience and the forces around them"
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