2009-10 Common Reading Program
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The Devil's Highway, A True Story
By: Luis Alberto Urrea
In this work of grave beauty and searing power, one
of the most widely praised pieces of investigative reporting to appear in
recent years, we follow 26 men who in May 2001 attempted to cross the Mexican
border into the desert of southern Arizona, through the deadly region known
as the Devil's Highway, a desert so harsh and desolate that even the Border
Patrol is afraid to travel through it, a place that for hundreds of years
has stolen men’s souls and swallowed their blood. Only 12 of the men
made it out. The Devil's Highway: A True Story reminds us that immigration
remains among the most pressing civic and moral issues of our time. Urrea’s
book offers an opportunity to discuss the history and present state of immigration
as well as contemporary debates about national boundaries, cultural identities
and human communities at large.
Information taken from www.hachettebookgroupusa.com
**A special thanks to our 2009-10 Book Selection Committee**
Fiona Barnes, Center for Management Communication
Ann Becks, New Student Programs
Paige Crandall, Interim Dean of Students
Christine Culp, Alachua County Public Libraries
Paul Draper, 1st Year Student
Alexandra Fernandez, 3rd Year Student
Mike Flegiel, 3rd Year Student
Creed Greer, Dial Center for Written and Oral Communication
Nora Kilroy, Off Campus Life
Sherry Larkin, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Andrew Perrone, Center for Leadership and Service
Vicki Rovine, Department of Art History
Betty Smocovitis, Department of Zoology and History
Bill Wise, College of Engineering
Daniel Wubah, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education
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