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The Devil's Highway: A True Story

by Luis Alberto Urrea

A crossing through the southern Arizona desert

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Awards & Recognition

  • Critical praise

    Praised by The Atlantic

    Praised as a compelling, lucid, and lyrical account of U.S. border policy.

AlbakiReads Editorial

A crossing through the southern Arizona desert

Set in May 2001, Luis Alberto Urrea’s account centers on a group of men attempting to cross from Mexico through the desert of southern Arizona, a region the description identifies as the “Devil’s Highway.” Urrea wrote about what happened to the group three years later, framing the book as a true account of a migration journey and its dangers. The subject brings together immigration, the geography of the borderlands, and the risks faced during a desert crossing.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in nonfiction accounts of immigration and emigration.
  • Readers seeking a book about a group’s attempt to cross the Mexican border through southern Arizona.
  • Readers interested in the human risks associated with migration journeys. the

Themes

Immigration and emigrationBorder crossingDesert dangerMigration journeys

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Book overview

This important and timely book from a Pulitzer Prize finalist follows the brutal journey a group of men take to cross the Mexican border.

"The single most compelling, lucid, and lyrical contemporary account of the absurdity of U.S. border policy" --The Atlantic ​

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.
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