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Original Title:	The Devil's Highway: A True Story
ISBN:	0316010804 (ISBN13: 9780316010801)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Pulitzer Prize Nominee for General Nonfiction (2005), Kiriyama Prize Nominee for Nonfiction (2005)

The Devil's Highway: A True Story Paperback | Pages: 239 pages

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of all the books i've read on the subject, this is the best. the story itself is harrowing, of course, and urrea is one hell of a writer. rather than tell a linear story of the 26 mexicans who walked across the devil's highway (only 12 lived to tell the tale), he offers a kaleidoscopic view of the whole machine: border patrol, mexican gangsters, coyotes, arizona, texas, vera cruz, the rio grande, sonora, and the eyeball-drying life-taking sweat-sucking scorching terrible terrible terrible dantean devil's highway itself: the most quiet, serene, and, yes, hostile place on the planet. i read this in a single night and went to sleep feeling like shit, both physically and spiritually. ugh. a vile and fantastic book.

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Title	:	The Devil's Highway: A True Story
Author	:	Luis Alberto Urrea
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 239 pages
Published	:	2004 by Back Bay Books
Categories	:	Nonfiction. History. Politics

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The border between the U.S. and Mexico is a mythical, brutal place. A no-man's land that men often cross through, or die in. In May 2014, two dozen men entered "the Devil's Highway", a stretch of desert between Sonora in Mexico and Yuma, Arizona in America. Fourteen of these men did not come out alive.This is not an uncommon fate for "undocumented entrants"; hundreds of migrants die every year trying to gain entry to America. (1,954 people died crossing the border between 1998 and 2004*. Heat

While listening to this audio book, I felt just as lost as those wandering the Devil's Highway. The narrative is scattered & the author rambles. I think I would've enjoyed this one a lot more had it been told in a linear format.

4.5I listened to this following American Dirt, to have a comparison in the quest to "put a face on the faceless", which both authors had as a goal. This book gave me a much more complete view of the people who make these dangerous border crossings, and why. Urrea focuses on one particular story involving a small group of men who attempt to make the crossing with the help of a "coyote", only to become lost and succumb to the heat. Many died in the attempt, making headlines in the news. We learn

Maybe this wasn't the best thing to read on a 110 degree summer day in the desert. Midway through the book there is a minutely detailed description of what happens to the human body in the course of death by dehydration. It made my mouth dry just reading it.Urrea is brutally honest, almost to the point of fatalism. His dark humor is necessary, but as a result he can sometimes come off as detached. Anger does not serve a journalist well, and here Urrea is very much writing as a journalist and not

This is as good as it gets if you want a short but comprehensive examination of the issues surrounding our porous border with Mexico. All viewpoints are represented, and with surprisingly little bias on the part of the author. As a Mexican American, Urrea admits to an initial bias against the Border Patrol, or "Pinche Migra." His investigation changed his mind, and he presents them in a favorable light. Urrea uses one well-publicized 2001 tragedy to illustrate the complexities and absurdities of

Urrea writes an engrossing, disturbing, and tragic account of the Yuma 14. In May of 2001, a group of 26 people got lost in the Arizona desert while attempting to crossthe border, and only 12 survived. I decided to read the book after hearing Urrea speak here in Bloomington. In person, he was an amazing story teller, and explained the process of writing the devil's highway. I learned a lot about the politics and geography of the border, and the different stories of the individuals involved - the

Beautifully written and organized from start to finish. I learned so much about the border between the U.S. and Mexico, and the harrowing journey people take to find the mythical American Dream. This is one of the most visceral nonfiction books Ive read, detailing the brutality of the desert, life in Mexico and how immigrants are treated by our governments. Such a compelling and important read. I will be picking up more by Urrea, who did a spectacular job narrating his audiobook.