by Luis Alberto Urrea
LSU Honors College selected this book for Summer Reading in 2012, hence, I read the book. I would love to rate this book as a three or four due to its subject content, but I simply cannot.My biggest problem is the way the book is structure. The author admits upfront that he could only collect so muc...
LSU Honors College selected this book for Summer Reading in 2012, hence, I read the book. I would love to rate this book as a three or four due to its subject content, but I simply cannot.My biggest problem is the way the book is structure. The author admits upfront that he could only collect so muc...
This is as good as it gets if you want a short but comprehensive examination of the issues surrounding our porous border with Mexico. All viewpoints are represented, and with surprisingly little bias on the part of the author. As a Mexican American, Urrea admits to an initial bias against the Border...
"In the desert we are all illegal aliens." This is the heart wrenching true story of the border crossers known as the "Yuma 26."On a fateful day in May, 26 men went into the desert to try their luck at crossing the border from Mexico into the United States. Their group got lost, their coyote stole ...
Urrea manages to address the immigration issue from a human perspective, attracting a wide variety of political persuasions to his work. The story is moving, the writing is excellent, and the message is clear. Immigrants are humans.
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