Coyotes: A Journey Across Borders With America's Mexican Migrants

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The compelling adventure of a young writer who poses as a Mexican wetback to discover the hardships, fear and camaraderie of illegal aliens crossing the border to work in the United States.

Genres: NonfictionSociologyJournalismHistoryHispanicPoliticsTravelSchoolAdventureMemoir

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