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Across the Wire: Life and Hard Times on the Mexican Border

Across the Wire: Life and Hard Times on the Mexican Border

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Across the Wire: Life and Hard Times on the Mexican Border

by Urrea, Luis Alberto

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9780385425308
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New York: Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1993. 1st . Paper Back. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Lueders-Booth, John (photos). 190pp.; SC brwn.w/blue,blk.&white-photocover; spine sunned,otherwise fine w/clean,tight pgs. Economics on the Mexican-American border region. John Nichols' review copy.

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
Xochis Bookstore and Gallery US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Across the Wire: Life and Hard Times on the Mexican Border
Author
Urrea, Luis Alberto
Illustrator
Lueders-Booth, John (photos)
Format/Binding
Paper Back
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Quantity Available
1
Edition
1st
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
0385425309
ISBN 13
9780385425308
Publisher
Anchor Books/Doubleday
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1993
Size
8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Keywords
Hispanic Studies; Sociology; Mexico
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