9780440205821

The Crossing

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Manny Bustos is an orphan, scrabbling for survival on the streets of Juaurez, Mexico. He sleeps in a cardboard box and fights with boys bigger and older than him for the coins American tourists through off the bridge between El Paso, Texas, and his town. Across the border, Sergeant Robert S. Locke, Vietnam vet and Army prefect, searches for a way to drown the cries for help of his dead friends, and finds it in Cutty Sark whiskey. On the night Manny dares the crossing, through the muddy shallows of the Rio Grande, past searchlights and border patrol, in the hopes of a better life, the two meet in an explosive encounter that fills the night with tension and endless possibilities.

ISBN-13

9780440205821

ISBN-10

0440205824

Weight

0.15 Pounds

Dimensions

4.25 x 0.34 x 7.00 In

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$5.99

Format

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Pages

128 pages

Publisher

Laurel Leaf

Published On

1990-03-01



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