| The Devil's Highway: A True Story | |
| ISBN: 9780316010801 Author: Urrea, Luis Alberto Publisher: Back Bay Books Published: 2005-01-01 Retail: $13.99 OUR PRICE: $10.97 You Save 22% Binding Type: Paperback Annotation: In this work of grave beauty and searing power - one of the most widely praised pieces of investigative reporting to appear in recent years - we follow twenty-six men who in May 2001 attempted to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona, through the deadly region known as the Devil's Highway, a desert so harsh and desolate that even the Border Patrol is afraid to travel through it, a place that for hundreds of years has stolen men's souls and swallowed their blood. Only twelve of the men made it out. |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration |
| Dewey: 304.873 |
| Lexile Measure: 890 |
| LC Subject: - United States - Emigration and immigration - - Human smuggling - Mexican- |
| BISAC category: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration |
| Target Grade/Age Group: General Adult |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 8.18" L x 5.56" W (0.57 lbs) 239 pages |
| Bargain Category: Social Issues, High School, Geography, Biographies, Adult |
| Grade level(s): 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th |