The devil's highway : a true story / Louis Alberto Urrea.

Describes the attempt of twenty-six men to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona, a region known as the Devil's Highway, detailing their harrowing ordeal and battle for survival against impossible odds. Only 12 men came back out.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Urrea, Luis Alberto (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Back Bay Books, [2014]
Subjects:
Physical Description:xvi, 255, 24 pages : maps ; 21 cm
Format: Book

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