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In this work of grave beauty and searing powerone of the most widely praised pieces of investigative reporting to appear in recent years we follow 26 men who in May 2001 attempted to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona, through the deadly region known as the Devils... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Wellston 14: the immigrants that died in the desert
First Sentence edit
Five men stumbled out of the mountain pass so sunstruck they didn't know their own names, couldn't remember where they'd come from, had forgotten how long they'd been lost.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Luis Alberto Urrea (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Little Brown
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 0316746711
Page Count: 256
Publisher: Little Brown
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 0316746711
Page Count: 256
Awards edit
- Lannan Literary Award (2004: Honoring established and emerging writers whose work is of exceptional quality)
- Pulitzer Prize (Finalist, 2005: Honoring Excellence in Journalism and the Arts)
- Pacific Rim Kiriyama Prize (Finalist, 2005: Celebrating Literary Voices of the Pacific Rim)
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- Dewey: 304.873072
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