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Author Urrea, Luis Alberto.

Title The devil's highway [OverDrive/Libby electronic resource] a true story / Luis Alberto Urrea.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Little, Brown, [2004]
©2004
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Description xii, 239 pages ; 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.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2008. Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 327 KB).
Subject Human smuggling -- Mexican-American Border Region.
Illegal aliens -- Crimes against -- Mexican-American Border Region.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
Mexico -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
Mexican-American Border Region -- Social conditions.
Local Subject NAPERVILLE READS - 2012
Local author.
Genre Electronic books.
Other Form: Original 9780316746717 (DLC) 2003058930 (OCoLC)52937749
ISBN 9780316049283 (electronic bk.)
031604928X (electronic bk.)
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