The devil's highway : a true story
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Author
Urrea, Luis Alberto,
Published
New York : Back Bay Books, 2005.
Format
Book
Edition
First Back Bay paperback edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 255, 24 pages : map ; 22 cm
Status
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Published
New York : Back Bay Books, 2005.
Edition
First Back Bay paperback edition.
Language
English
Lexile measure
890

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General Note
Originally published in hardcover: New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2004.
General Note
Includes reading group guide.
General Note
"Back Bay readers' pick"--Cover.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
An account of "twenty-six men who in May 2001 attempted to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona, through the deadly region known as the Devil's Highway ... Only twelve of the men made it out."--Page 4 of cover.
Target Audience
890L,Lexile

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LC Subjects
Human smuggling -- Mexican-American Border Region.
Mexican-American Border Region -- Social conditions.
Mexico -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
Noncitizens -- Crimes against -- Mexican-American Border Region.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.