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The Devil's Highway: A True Story
Reader Score
85%
85% of readers
recommend this book
In May 2001, a group of men attempted to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona, through the deadliest region of the continent, the "Devil's Highway." Three years later, Luis Alberto Urrea wrote about what happened to them. The result was a national bestseller, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a "book of the year" in multiple newspapers, and a work proclaimed as a modern American classic.
Book Details
- Publisher: Back Bay Books
- Publish Date: Sep 1st, 2005
- Pages: 239
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.18in - 5.56in - 0.81in - 0.57lb
- EAN: 9780316010801
- Categories: • Emigration & Immigration
About the Author
He has won the Lannan Literary Award, an Edgar Award, and a 2017 American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature, among many other honors. Born in Tijuana to a Mexican father and American mother, he lives outside of Chicago and teaches at the University of Illinois-Chicago.
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What people are saying
Natalie Diaz is a poet and language activist.
Who are some of us who have/are writing about—critically, creatively, scholarly, etc—these legends: Ofelia Zepeda, Cristina Rivera Garza, Luis Alberto Urrea (especially The Devil’s Highway)? Please share if you have/are or know others who have/are. Links are cool too. Gracias.✨
DE&I Coordinator.Skater. DACAmented. Advocate of reading, writing, & student voice. Si se puede, si se pudo. She/her #protecttranskids
Classroom essentials: •Latinext by @breakbeatpoets • The Devil’s Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea •Children of the Land by @marcelo_H_ •Tell me how it Ends by @ValeriaLuiselli Dear America, Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by @joseiswriting https://t.co/A5PiZEaKT8
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Check out what our LSP staff members have been listening to, reading, & watching! Meleena: Tres Cuentos: Literary Podcast Nicole: Encanto on Disney + Walt: Chicano Batman Kevin: The Devil's Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea https://t.co/qliyizWvXM
Praise for this book
What people are saying
Natalie Diaz is a poet and language activist.
Who are some of us who have/are writing about—critically, creatively, scholarly, etc—these legends: Ofelia Zepeda, Cristina Rivera Garza, Luis Alberto Urrea (especially The Devil’s Highway)? Please share if you have/are or know others who have/are. Links are cool too. Gracias.✨
DE&I Coordinator.Skater. DACAmented. Advocate of reading, writing, & student voice. Si se puede, si se pudo. She/her #protecttranskids
Classroom essentials: •Latinext by @breakbeatpoets • The Devil’s Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea •Children of the Land by @marcelo_H_ •Tell me how it Ends by @ValeriaLuiselli Dear America, Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by @joseiswriting https://t.co/A5PiZEaKT8