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A non-fictional account of Mexican men who died trying to cross the US border in Yuma, Arizona. The author tells us why these men were trying to come to the US, the mechanism that they were using to get there, and most importantly, how they likely died.
I didn't know anything about this subject matter, and this book may seem like a strange place to start, but it actually provided a great context to what was happening along the Arizona-Mexican border in the early 2000s. The book provides much inf ...more
I didn't know anything about this subject matter, and this book may seem like a strange place to start, but it actually provided a great context to what was happening along the Arizona-Mexican border in the early 2000s. The book provides much inf ...more
Jun 02, 2017
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Why does Mexico martyrize the men and women of it's country who die trying to escape it's borders looking for a better life?
It really struck me that the cost of burying the fallen, of sending them back to Mexico could have been put to such better purposes if it had been invested before these men took their fateful journey.
I listened to this on audio, and then read it in paperback to make sure I know what I'm doing with audio. It was an interesting experiment.
I think the descriptions of dying o ...more
It really struck me that the cost of burying the fallen, of sending them back to Mexico could have been put to such better purposes if it had been invested before these men took their fateful journey.
I listened to this on audio, and then read it in paperback to make sure I know what I'm doing with audio. It was an interesting experiment.
I think the descriptions of dying o ...more
Brutal. Well done. Still relevant. I was surprised by and appreciative of the sympathetic treatment of all parties, including the border patrol.
Amazing book. My favorite Urrea so far. So much more visceral than his fiction. A story for the ongoing 21st century.
Mar 15, 2020
Deedee
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Dewey 304.873
HCLS-[Fair], WGRL-LS
HCLS-[Fair], WGRL-LS
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