{"product_id":"hard-line-ken-ellingwood-9781400033676","title":"Hard Line: Life and Death on the Us-Mexico Border","description":"The Southwestern border is one of the most fascinating places in America, a region of rugged beauty and small communities that coexist across the international line. In the past decade, the area has also become deadly as illegal immigration has shifted into some of the harshest territory on the continent, reshaping life on both sides of the border. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHard Line\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eKen Ellingwood, a correspondent for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, captures the heart of this complex and fascinating land, through the dramatic stories of undocumented immigrants and the border agents who track them through the desert, Native Americans divided between two countries, human rights workers aiding the migrants\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eand ranchers taking the law into their own hands. This is a vivid portrait of a place and its people, and a moving story of the West that has major implications for the nation as a whole.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ken Ellingwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1400033675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400033676\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/12\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.24w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.9\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e79139 \/ Hard Line: Life and Death on the U.S.- Mexico Border\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/18\/2005 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKliatt\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2006 pg. 32","brand":"Ken Ellingwood","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44075667718399,"sku":"9781400033676","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e06989c6-d71e-4f34-b43d-b3a80767efc0.jpg?v=1685460758","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hard-line-ken-ellingwood-9781400033676","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}