{"product_id":"the-line-becomes-a-river-dispatches-from-the-border-paperback","title":"The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrancisco Cantú\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe instant \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, \"A must-read for anyone who thinks 'build a wall' is the answer to anything.\" --\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Francisco Cantú, the border is in the blood: his mother, a park ranger and daughter of a Mexican immigrant, raised him in the scrublands of the Southwest. Haunted by the landscape of his youth, Cantú joins the Border Patrol. He and his partners are posted to remote regions crisscrossed by drug routes and smuggling corridors, where they learn to track other humans under blistering sun and through frigid nights. They haul in the dead and deliver to detention those they find alive. Cantú tries not to think where the stories go from there. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePlagued by nightmares, he abandons the Patrol for civilian life. But when an immigrant friend travels to Mexico to visit his dying mother and does not return, Cantú discovers that the border has migrated with him, and now he must know the whole story. Searing and unforgettable, \u003ci\u003eThe Line Becomes a River\u003c\/i\u003e goes behind the headlines, making urgent and personal the violence our border wreaks on both sides of the line\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancisco Cantú \u003c\/b\u003eserved as an agent for the United States Border Patrol from 2008 to 2012, working in the deserts of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. A former Fulbright fellow, he is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize and a 2017 Whiting Award. His writing and translations have been featured in\u003ci\u003e Best American Essays, Harper's, n+1, Orion\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as on \u003ci\u003eThis American Life\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Tucson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 05, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987467960621,"sku":"9780735217737","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/eGR4dTRVRzEzbmJVcW0vNEh0bDJDQT09.webp?v=1776178885","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-line-becomes-a-river-dispatches-from-the-border-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}