Desert America by Ruben Martinez
Desert America is an uninsulated wire running through the hard-bitten, right-now, rough-edged Southwest, a land still being born. Go ahead and grab hold: first comes shock--maybe of recognition, maybe alarm--then you keep buzzing for page after electric page. You can't let go.--William deBuys, author of A Great Aridness and River of Traps
The economic boom--and the devastation left in its wake--was writ nowhere as large as on the American West. Over the past decade, the most iconic of American landscapes has undergone a political and demographic upheaval comparable only to the opening of the frontier. In Desert America, a work of powerful reportage and memoir, acclaimed author Rub n Mart nez explores a world of extremes: drug addiction flourishing in the shadow of some of America's richest zip codes, an exclusive Texas enclave that coexists with bloodshed on the banks of the Rio Grande, and Native Americans hunting down Mexican migrants crossing the most desolate stretch of the border.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780805079777 |
| ISBN 10 | 0805079777 |
| Title | Desert America |
| Author | Ruben Martinez |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | Metropolitan Books |
| Year published | 2012-09-11 |
| Number of pages | 333 |
| Prizes | Commended for Spur Awards (Nonfiction-Contemporary) 2013 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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