The Resource The devil's highway : a true story, Louis Alberto Urrea
The devil's highway : a true story, Louis Alberto Urrea
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The item The devil's highway : a true story, Louis Alberto Urrea represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library.
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvi, 255 pages
- Note
- "Originally published in hardcover by Little, Brown and Company, April 2004." -- Title page verso
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780316010801
- Label
- The devil's highway : a true story
- Title
- The devil's highway
- Title remainder
- a true story
- Statement of responsibility
- Louis Alberto Urrea
- Subject
-
- Human smuggling -- Mexican-American Border Region
- Mexican-American Border Region -- Social conditions
- Mexico
- Mexico -- Emigration and immigration | Social aspects
- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
- Social conditions
- Undocumented immigrants -- Crimes against -- Mexican-American Border Region
- United States
- United States -- Emigration and immigration | Social aspects
- North America -- Mexican-American Border Region
- Human smuggling
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Cataloging source
- UKMGB
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Urrea, Luis Alberto
- Dewey number
- 304.873072
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- JV6475
- LC item number
- .U77 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Human smuggling
- Undocumented immigrants
- Emigration and immigration
- Human smuggling
- Social conditions
- United States
- Mexico
- Mexican-American Border Region
- Mexico
- North America
- United States
- Label
- The devil's highway : a true story, Louis Alberto Urrea
- Note
- "Originally published in hardcover by Little, Brown and Company, April 2004." -- Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- xvi, 255 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316010801
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- maps
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)880198386
- (OCoLC)ocn880198386
- Label
- The devil's highway : a true story, Louis Alberto Urrea
- Note
- "Originally published in hardcover by Little, Brown and Company, April 2004." -- Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- xvi, 255 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316010801
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- maps
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)880198386
- (OCoLC)ocn880198386
Subject
- Human smuggling -- Mexican-American Border Region
- Mexican-American Border Region -- Social conditions
- Mexico
- Mexico -- Emigration and immigration | Social aspects
- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
- Social conditions
- Undocumented immigrants -- Crimes against -- Mexican-American Border Region
- United States
- United States -- Emigration and immigration | Social aspects
- North America -- Mexican-American Border Region
- Human smuggling
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