The Devil's Highway: A True Story

The author of "Across the Wire" offers brilliant investigative reporting of what went wrong when, in May 2001, a group of 26 men attempted to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona. Only 12 men came back out. "Superb . . . Nothing less than a saga on the scale of the Exodus and an ordeal as heartbreaking as the Passion . . . The book comes vividly alive with a richness of language and a mastery of narrative detail that only the most gifted of writers are able to achieve.--"Los Angeles Times Book Review." more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-06-2009; A stirring story; The Devil's Highway is a stirring story of twenty-six men who crossed the Mexican border into the harsh Devil's Highway of Southern Arizona. Through Urrea's in-depth investigative work, the reader is able to enter into the deadly,...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-15-2009; What Is The True Focus?; I was really looking forward to reading this book. I knew the story would be gut-wrenching: 26 illegals walked into the Arizona desert in mid-May. Less than 4 days later, 12 would be found alive. What was their story? Who were these men,...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-20-2009; "They did not have enough items to fill a carry-on bag" and neither does this book; When picking up the Devil's Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea, be forewarned: this is not the story of 26 men who walked into the desert and fought futilely against death that it is made out to be - it is a ramble about illegal immigrants...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-06-2009; A Grim Walk to Remember; The Devil's Highway is a harsh, but relatively even-handed account of a dark chapter in US-Mexico history - the death of fourteen Mexicans trying to make their way on foot through the Arizona desert in an attempt to immigrate illegally...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-06-2009; A stirring story; The Devil's Highway is a stirring story of twenty-six men who crossed the Mexican border into the harsh Devil's Highway of Southern Arizona. Through Urrea's in-depth investigative work, the reader is able to enter into the deadly,...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-15-2009; What Is The True Focus?; I was really looking forward to reading this book. I knew the story would be gut-wrenching: 26 illegals walked into the Arizona desert in mid-May. Less than 4 days later, 12 would be found alive. What was their story? Who were these men,...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-20-2009; "They did not have enough items to fill a carry-on bag" and neither does this book; When picking up the Devil's Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea, be forewarned: this is not the story of 26 men who walked into the desert and fought futilely against death that it is made out to be - it is a ramble about illegal immigrants...; read full review | report as inappropriate