Border crosser : one gringo's illicit passage from Mexico into America /

Border crosser : one gringo's illicit passage from Mexico into America /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Rico, Johnny.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	New York : Ballantine Books, c2009.
Description:	xiv, 265 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Rico, Johnny -- Travel -- Mexican-American Border Region. Rico, Johnny. Illegal aliens -- United States. Emigration and immigration. Illegal aliens. Travel. United States -- Emigration and immigration. Mexican-American Border Region -- Description and travel. North America -- Mexican-American Border Region. United States.
Format:	E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7839389

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ISBN:	9780345503831 (alk. paper) 034550383X (alk. paper)
Summary:	Explores the violent, poignant, and darkly comic world of illegal immigration. Johnny Rico set out to cross the Mexican border as the natives do--over the fence and through the desert.--From publisher description.

Table of Contents:

Foreword and Mea Culpa
Part 1. Welcome to America
1. Migrant Mountain (Mexico Sector)
2. Day Zero (Denver Sector)
3. The Good Samaritan (San Diego Sector)
Part 2. The Tecate Line
4. Narco Corridor (San Diego Sector)
5. The Prisoner of Patriot Point (San Diego Sector)
6. Holler, If There's Hell (San Diego Sector)
7. The Kingfish and Other Nefarious Characters (San Diego Sector)
8. The Minuteman T-Shirt Experiment (Tucson Sector)
Part 3. The Amnesty Trail
9. A Body a Day ... (Tucson Sector)
10. A Very Fine and Dandy Border Security Apparatus (Tucson Sector)
11. The Worst Secret in the World (Tucson Sector)
12. The Angry Car Dealer (Tucson Sector)
13. Chasing Mexicans for Exercise (Tucson Sector)
14. Searching for Coyote (Altar Sector)
Part 4. The Devil's Highway
15. The Terrible, Horrible Indian Reservation (Tucson Sector)
16. The Devil's Highway (Yuma Sector)
Part 5. Texas Two-Step
17. Hatch, New Mexico (El Paso Sector)
18. Another Body in the River (El Paso Sector)
19. The Price of the Rain in Bolivia (El Paso Sector)
20. No More Border (McAllen Sector)
Part 6. Desperado
21. A Long, Dangerous Drag Through Texas (Laredo Sector)
22. Stinking of Piss and Petrol (New Mexico Sector)
23. A Timid Entry into Mexico (Tucson Sector)
24. A Bad Situation (Tucson Sector)
25. The Border Crosser (Mexico Sector)
Epilogue