{"product_id":"border-odyssey-9781477314005","title":"Border Odyssey","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis compelling chronicle of a journey along the entire U.S.-Mexico border shifts the conversation away from danger and fear to the shared histories and aspirations that bind Mexicans and Americans despite the border walls.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA potent cri de coeur for a more compassionate, sane and humane border policy. * Kirkus Reviews *\u003cbr\u003eThompson uses his travels to share his passion for the welfare of hard-working, good people, and to persuade his readers that such people have been trapped and exploited by a flawed immigration system. -- D.G. Martin * Winston-Salem Journal *\u003cbr\u003e[Thompson] sought a firsthand look at how modern U.S. border policy has affected the people in the region, from migrant workers to indigenous people to border patrol agents to residents of economically stagnant towns just north of the boundary. The result is a travel memoir with a conscience, an extension of Thompson’s ongoing work to humanize the hotly debated region. -- Corbie Hill * The News \u0026amp; Observer *\u003cbr\u003eDoes \u003ci\u003eBorder Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e bring us any closer to dissolving entrenched divisions and ingrained attitudes about the border? In presenting the struggles and strife of this place and its people with honesty and hope, Thompson shows the possibility and potential of such a beautiful dream. -- Yvette Benavides * The Texas Observer *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Evidence of Things Not Seen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. The Border Etched in Bones\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Traveling the Valley of the Shadow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Two Kinds of Flight\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Of Roads, Fences, and Neighbors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Boca Chica Sunset\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. The Ghosts of Palmito Ranch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. El Ranchero\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Border Guards\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. Brownsville Raids\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. Rio Grande Guardians\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. Progress?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13. World’s Most Honest Man\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14. Cowboy Priests\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15. The Hand-Drawn Ferry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16. Prohibition Bar\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17. Border Walker\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18. The Road to Eagle Pass\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19. Border Ambassador\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e20. The Last Stay at Del Rio\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e21. Seminole Canyon\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e22. Braceros in Murder City\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e23. Fort Davis and the Buffalo Soldiers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e24. National Park on the Line\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e25. Pancho Villa and the Pink Store\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e26. Smoke on the Apacheria\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e27. A Grandmother Mourns at the Wall\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e28. Fences and Neighbors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e29. Ground Zero of the Border Crisis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e30. Altar and Sacrifice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e31. Phoenix Rising\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e32. Tohono Sacred Peak and Desert Deaths\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e33. Campesinos Sin Fronteras\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e34. The Wall of Shame and Entrepreneurship\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e35. Graves of Unknown Farmworkers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e36. Desert View Tower and the X-Men\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e37. Walking Alone through Friendship Park\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e38. As If It Were Not There\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408950567255,"sku":"9781477314005","price":14.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781477314005.jpg?v=1730504826","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/border-odyssey-9781477314005","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}