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God's Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre - GOOD
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Item specifics
- Condition
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- Unbranded
- MPN
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- ISBN
- 1416534407
- Book Title
- God's Middle Finger : Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre
- Item Length
- 8.4in
- Publisher
- Free Press
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Format
- Perfect
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Travel
- Topic
- Special Interest / Adventure, Personal Memoirs, Mexico, Essays & Travelogues
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 10 oz
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
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From the acclaimed author of Dispatches From Pluto and Deepest South of All , a harrowing travelogue into Mexico's lawless Sierra Madre mountains. Twenty miles south of the Arizona-Mexico border, the rugged, beautiful Sierra Madre mountains begin their dramatic ascent. Almost 900 miles long, the range climbs to nearly 11,000 feet and boasts several canyons deeper than the Grand Canyon. The rules of law and society have never taken hold in the Sierra Madre, which is home to bandits, drug smugglers, Mormons, cave-dwelling Tarahumara Indians, opium farmers, cowboys, and other assorted outcasts. Outsiders are not welcome; drugs are the primary source of income; murder is all but a regional pastime. The Mexican army occasionally goes in to burn marijuana and opium crops--the modern treasure of the Sierra Madre--but otherwise the government stays away. In its stead are the drug lords, who have made it one of the biggest drug-producing areas in the world. Fifteen years ago, journalist Richard Grant developed what he calls "an unfortunate fascination" with this lawless place. Locals warned that he would meet his death there, but he didn't believe them--until his last trip. During his travels Grant visited a folk healer for his insomnia and was prescribed rattlesnake pills, attended bizarre religious rituals, consorted with cocaine-snorting policemen, taught English to Guarijio Indians, and dug for buried treasure. On his last visit, his reckless adventure spiraled into his own personal heart of darkness when cocaine-fueled Mexican hillbillies hunted him through the woods all night, bent on killing him for sport. With gorgeous detail, fascinating insight, and an undercurrent of dark humor, God's Middle Finger brings to vivid life a truly unique and uncharted world.
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Publisher
Free Press
ISBN-10
1416534407
ISBN-13
9781416534402
eBay Product ID (ePID)
61803522
Product Key Features
Book Title
God's Middle Finger : Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Topic
Special Interest / Adventure, Personal Memoirs, Mexico, Essays & Travelogues
Publication Year
2008
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Travel
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.4in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
10 oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
F1340.G73 2008
Reviews
"There is nothing here of the 'I jumped over a puddle' aspect of modern adventure stories. As an Englishman, Grant has far too much of the mad dog in his character, and I am surprised indeed that he survived his journey. This is a thoroughly enlivening book, the rare kind that makes you want to sleep with a pistol under your pillow." -- Jim Harrison, author of "Returning to Earth", "This is exactly the book you're hoping for when you pick it up: a crazy, sprawling story so well-written, you can't decide whether to keep reading or go to Mexico to see for yourself. Keep reading: You have an extraordinary book in your hands." -- Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm, "This is exactly the book you're hoping for when you pick it up: a crazy, sprawling story so well-written, you can't decide whether to keep reading or go to Mexico to see for yourself. Keep reading: You have an extraordinary book in your hands." -- Sebastian Junger, author of "The Perfect Storm", "This is exactly the book you're hoping for when you pick it up: a crazy, sprawling story so well-written, you can't decide whether to keep reading or go to Mexico to see for yourself. Keep reading: You have an extraordinary book in your hands." -- Sebastian Junger, author ofThe Perfect Storm, "There is nothing here of the 'I jumped over a puddle' aspect of modern adventure stories. As an Englishman, Grant has far too much of the mad dog in his character, and I am surprised indeed that he survived his journey. This is a thoroughly enlivening book, the rare kind that makes you want to sleep with a pistol under your pillow." -- Jim Harrison, author ofReturning to Earth, "There is nothing here of the 'I jumped over a puddle' aspect of modern adventure stories. As an Englishman, Grant has far too much of the mad dog in his character, and I am surprised indeed that he survived his journey. This is a thoroughly enlivening book, the rare kind that makes you want to sleep with a pistol under your pillow." -- Jim Harrison, author of Returning to Earth
Table of Content
Contents Prologue1 Boiled Vultures 2 Dead Soldiers 3 Bad Man in a Dress 4 Sleeping with Lions 5 Intrepid Norwegian 6 For Their Health 7 Lofty's Gold 8 Blasting Parakeet with The Pelican 9 Hat Talk 10 A Girl Needs a Pistol 11 Bandit Country 12 The Secret Sex Lives ofNarcotraficantes13 The Liver Does Not Exist 14 God Is Drunk 15 Sons of Obscene Perpetrations 16 The Centaur of the North 17 Deliverance in DurangoSelected Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
2008
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2007-029592
Dewey Decimal
917.2/10484
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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Mr Grant did another fine job on describing the Sierra Madre culture! Easy & interesting to read. Book arrived in fine fashion.
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