ACROSS THE WIRE: Life and Hard Times on the Mexican Border
by Urrea, Luis Alberto
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About This Item
New York: Anchor Books, (1993). First edition, a paperback original. Illustrated with photographs by John Lueders-Booth. SIGNED BY URREA, the Mexican-American poet, novelist, and essayist. His first book, a non-fiction narrative in which "after a brief look at the plight of 'undocumented workers'' crossing into the U.S., Urrea focuses on the families that remain on the Mexican side" (Kirkus Reviews). Spine and page edges slightly toned otherwise bright and fine in pictorial paperwraps.
Synopsis
Luis Alberto Urrea was born in Tijuana to an American mother and a Mexican father. He graduated from the University of California, San Diego, in 1977. After working as a film extra, he joined a crew of relief workers helping the poor on the Mexican side of the border. In 1982, he went to Massachusetts, where he taught Expository Writing at Harvard. Currently, he lives in Boulder, Colorado.
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- Bookseller
- Quill & Brush (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55449
- Title
- ACROSS THE WIRE: Life and Hard Times on the Mexican Border
- Author
- Urrea, Luis Alberto
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Anchor Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1993)
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