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Title The devil's highway : a true story / Luis Alberto Urrea.
Author Urrea, Luis Alberto.
Publication Info. New York : Little, Brown, c2004.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  304.873 URR    Check Shelves
 Southwest  304.873 URR    Check Shelves
Description xii, 239 p. ; 22 cm.
Note Includes index.
Summary Describes the attempt of twenty-six men to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona, a region known as the Devil's Highway, detailing their harrowing ordeal and battle for survival against impossible odds.
Subject Human smuggling -- Mexican-American Border Region.
Illegal immigration -- Mexican-American Border Region -- Crimes against.
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
Mexico -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
Mexican-American Border Region -- Social conditions.
ISBN 0316746711 : $24.95