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The haunting of the Mexican border :

by Ferguson, Kathryn
Published by : University of New Mexico Press (Albuquerque, NM) Physical details: xii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm ISBN:9780826340580 (pbk. : alk. paper); 082634058X (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780826340580. ISSN:978082634
Subject(s): Ferguson, Kathryn -- Travel -- Mexican-American Border Region. | Manners and customs | Travel | Mexican-American Border Region -- Description and travel | Mexican-American Border Region -- Social life and customs | North America -- Mexican-American Border Region
Year: 2015
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Part I. Sierra Madre trails: hunting -- Guns and Gershwin -- Job -- Into Mexico -- Movies -- Mexican Navy -- Trails -- Norogachic -- In a handshake -- Scouting -- Filming the festival -- Ventura's home -- The unholy Tarahumara -- Part II. Arizona trails: hunted -- Al otro lado -- Water -- Spider web -- Chasing Rita -- International -- Phone call -- Detained -- Three times a charm -- Crossing -- Moat -- And now.

Changing careers, veteran dancer Ferguson became a filmmaker concentrating on Mexico's Sierra Madre, making many trips into Mexico from her home in Arizona. She writes with great empathy and imagery about the people of Mexico and presents her perspective on the plight of desperate people coming from the south seeking salvation in the north.

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