The Devil's Highway

Luis Alberto Urrea · first published 2004 · ISBN 9780316746717

Urrea's nonfiction account follows a group of undocumented migrants crossing one of the harshest desert regions between Mexico and the United States. The narrative details their harrowing journey across the Sonoran Desert and the human cost of illegal border crossing. Urrea examines immigration, survival, and mortality through the true story of migrants pushed to the limits of human endurance.