Urrea, Luis Alberto.

The devil's highway : a true story / Luis Alberto Urrea. - 1st Back Bay pbk. ed. - New York : Back Bay Books, 2005. - xvi, 239, 11 p. : map ; 22 cm.

"Back Bay readers' pick"--Cover. Includes index.

Cutting the drag. The rules of the game -- Dead man's sign. In Veracruz ; The coyote and the chicken ; El guía ; Jesús walks among us ; In Sonoita ; A pepsi for the apocalypse ; Bad step at bluebird ; Killed by the light -- In desolation. The long walk ; Their names ; Broken promis ; The trees and the sun ; Helicopters -- Aftermath. Aftermath ; Home.

9780316010801 (hbk.)


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.

304.873072 / URR 2005