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The Devil's Highway: A True Story | 
 enlarge | Author: Luis Alberto Urrea
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Avg. Customer Rating:  36 reviews
Sales Rank: 655102
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Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.6 x 0.9
ASIN: B000JBY0NS
Publication Date: September 19, 2005
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Product Description
In May 2001, a group of 26 men attempted to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona, through the deadliest region of the continent, the Devil's Highway.These men-fathers and sons, brothers and strangers-entered a desert so harsh and desolate that even the Border Patrol is afraid to travel through it. Nights are frigid and days are so hot that dead bodies naturally mummify within minutes. Only 12 men came back out. Now Luis Urrea, who has won multiple awards for his writing about the border, tells the story of this modern, real-life adventure through a hellish no-man's-land where desperate dreams clash with the nearly invincible odds against survival. Spectacularly written, THE DEVIL'S HIGHWAY is a fluorescent cross of Jon Krakauer, Charles Bowden, Juan Rulfo, and the Book of Revelation. It is as blazingly brilliant as the desert sun, with the bite of a chupacabra. It is the great leap forward for Luis Urrea.
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 A MUST read for every American July 6, 2008
Definitely worth reading. This is in my top-five of all time. Well written. Great research. Easy to read. Compelling story. Read it.
heartbreaking May 8, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Luis paints the scary picture of crossing the desert. He puts humans behind the names of the crossers, border protrol, and the cyotes. Based on true events that happen everyday. This is a must read for everyone in the United States.
Devils Highway April 28, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Excellent story. Highly recommend to others. Great eye opener to be thankful for everything we have. Great book!!
Wow! February 26, 2008
I was assigned this book for a college English class. I was not looking forward to reading it, but found myself very glad I did.
It is a very interesting account of a true life happening told in a poetic(almost florid) way. The word pictures are amazing! I appreciate the way the author "shows" not "tells".
I especially enjoyed the way each person's point of view is explained. Immigration is a very complicated problems with no easy solutions. This book did a good job of making me empathize with and understand the various characters whose lives are very removed and different from my own.
(In that way it reminded me of "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down" by Anne Fadiman.)
 The Devil's Highway January 25, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The conflict of the story is there are 26 Mexicans from different parts of Mexico that cross the boarder illegally. They cross the boarder into a desert they call hell. The desert is the Sonoran desert and is part of southern Arizona. In this desert there is no water also there are deadly animals and spirits. Some are left behind waiting for the return of others.
I liked the book because its real and I could never picture myself going threw the desert with no food or water. I also liked the book because it described the surrounding and face to face things in that Arizona desert. I didn't like it because it made me think about people starving in the desert. I would recommend this book to people that like reading long stories. I also recommend this to people that like the setting of a harsh place.
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