To understand the lives of Mexicans who slip into the United States, Ted Conover accompanied them across deserts, hid in orange orchards, floated across the Rio Grande, and cut deals with traffickers in human sweat. This classic account, a harrowing vision of life among the American underclass, is a
La Clinica: A Doctor’s Journey Across Borders
✍ Scribed by Kathleen M. Cowling
- Book ID
- 109275803
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 32 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1069-6563
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