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| Title | : | Coyotes: A Journey Through the Secret World of America's Illegal Aliens |
| Author | : | Ted Conover |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 288 pages |
| Published | : | August 12th 1987 by Vintage |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Sociology. History |
Ted Conover
Paperback | Pages: 288 pages Rating: 4.08 | 1087 Users | 115 Reviews
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conover is a serious badass. plain and simple. he heads down to mexico, joins up with a group of pollos who, led by a coyote, sneaks through the desert for two days, crosses the border (gets beat up, tortured, and robbed along the way), spends a season picking fruit with his new amigos and then all of 'em knock around the country looking for work before heading back down to mexico. this is a terrific book. gonna pick up New Jack (conover becomes a guard at Sing Sing!) and White Out (a taxi driver in aspen) next...
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| Original Title: | Coyotes: A Journey Through the Secret World of America's Illegal Aliens |
| ISBN: | 0394755189 (ISBN13: 9780394755182) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 4.08 From 1087 Users | 115 ReviewsCriticism Of Books Coyotes: A Journey Through the Secret World of America's Illegal Aliens
If you eat fruit or vegetables grown in the US anywhere except your own garden, you should read this book. Shades of Orwell (Wigan Pier), Steinbeck (everything), Agee (Let Us Now) plus elements of a road novel. The author lived with and traveled with Mexican workers for a year, making two illegal border crossings with them in the hands of coyotes and toiling with them in the orange groves of AZ and FL. Incredibly hard work, to get which which these men brave not all God's dangers but a lot ofconover is a serious badass. plain and simple. he heads down to mexico, joins up with a group of pollos who, led by a coyote, sneaks through the desert for two days, crosses the border (gets beat up, tortured, and robbed along the way), spends a season picking fruit with his new amigos and then all of 'em knock around the country looking for work before heading back down to mexico. this is a terrific book. gonna pick up New Jack (conover becomes a guard at Sing Sing!) and White Out (a taxi
conover is a serious badass. plain and simple. he heads down to mexico, joins up with a group of pollos who, led by a coyote, sneaks through the desert for two days, crosses the border (gets beat up, tortured, and robbed along the way), spends a season picking fruit with his new amigos and then all of 'em knock around the country looking for work before heading back down to mexico. this is a terrific book. gonna pick up New Jack (conover becomes a guard at Sing Sing!) and White Out (a taxi
Pairing this book with Dying to Cross was very informative. The illegal immigrant experience is one most of us would not endure. The story was interesting while the writing was clunky.
Conover is an excellent investigative journalist and his efforts with this book are no exception. I have read a lot on this subject and was not as surprised or moved as other readers but if you are interested in this subject I definitely recommend picking this up. It feels a little dated but that does not take away from the importance of this issue.
"Coyotes" is the name given by Mexicans to the men who smuggle them into the US and transport them illegally within the US. Traveling with Mexican farm workers, writer Ted Conover crossed twice into the US. He worked with them, picking oranges in Arizona, and drove with them to farm jobs and harvests in Idaho and Florida.Conover writes with a clear eye and doesn't disguise his feelings for his subject matter. He is able to create and sustain suspense over many pages, including a days-long
From 1984-85, Ted Conover, an undercover journalist, crossed the Mexican/US border several times with illegal Mexican migrants. He also lived in a small settlement in Mexico besides working in fields in AZ and FL. This book helps give a sense of what it was like during that time period to be an illegal migrant. The characters are all well-meaning and eager to work. The picture of illegal Mexican immigrants painted in this book is much different from what is described in our media today. I may
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