| Hard Line: Life and Death on the Us-Mexico Border Contributor(s): Ellingwood, Ken (Author) |
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ISBN: 1400033675 ISBN-13: 9781400033676 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2005 Annotation: The Southwestern border is one of the most fascinating places in America, a region of rugged beauty and small communities that coexist across the international line. In the past decade, the area has also become deadly as illegal immigration has shifted into some of the harshest territory on the continent, reshaping life on both sides of the border. In "Hard Line, Ken Ellingwood, a correspondent for the "Los Angeles Times, captures the heart of this complex and fascinating land, through the dramatic stories of undocumented immigrants and the border agents who track them through the desert, Native Americans divided between two countries, human rights workers aiding the migrants and ranchers taking the law into their own hands. This is a vivid portrait of a place and its people, and a moving story of the West that has major implications for the nation as a whole. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration - History | Latin America - Mexico - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy |
| Dewey: 972.108 |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 5.24" W x 8.1" (0.46 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Cultural Region - Mexican |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 79139 Reading Level: 9.9 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 17.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Southwestern border is one of the most fascinating places in America, a region of rugged beauty and small communities that coexist across the international line. In the past decade, the area has also become deadly as illegal immigration has shifted into some of the harshest territory on the continent, reshaping life on both sides of the border. In Hard Line, Ken Ellingwood, a correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, captures the heart of this complex and fascinating land, through the dramatic stories of undocumented immigrants and the border agents who track them through the desert, Native Americans divided between two countries, human rights workers aiding the migrants and ranchers taking the law into their own hands. This is a vivid portrait of a place and its people, and a moving story of the West that has major implications for the nation as a whole. |
