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
index present
Intended audience
890L, Lexile
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The devil's highway
Medium
electronic resource eBook
Nature of contents
dictionaries
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
Contributor
Creator
Subject
- Mexican-American Border Region -- Social conditions
- Creative nonfiction
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
- Mexico -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
- Electronic books
- Human smuggling -- Mexican-American Border Region
- Noncitizens + Crimes against -- Mexican-American Border Region
Content
Author
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor1
- Creator1
- Genre2
- Subject7
- Mexican-American Border Region -- Social conditions
- Creative nonfiction
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
- Mexico -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
- Electronic books
- Human smuggling -- Mexican-American Border Region
- Noncitizens + Crimes against -- Mexican-American Border Region
- Content1
- Author1
- Other version2