The Devil's Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea

The Devil's Highway

Luis Alberto Urrea

239 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history politics emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

From a Pulitzer Prize finalist, "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 sout...

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Moods

informative 87%
sad 66%
dark 63%
emotional 57%
reflective 42%
challenging 38%
tense 31%
adventurous 21%
mysterious 5%
funny 3%
hopeful 1%

Pace

medium 62%
fast 24%
slow 13%

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