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On the plain of snakes : a Mexican journey  Cover Image Book Book

On the plain of snakes : a Mexican journey / Paul Theroux.

Theroux, Paul, (author.).

Summary:

"Legendary travel writer Paul Theroux fearlessly drives the entire length of the US-Mexico border, then goes deep into the hinterland, on the back roads of Chiapas and Oaxaca, to uncover the rich, layered world behind today's brutal headlines."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780544866478
  • ISBN: 0544866479
  • Physical Description: 436 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2019]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Part one: Borderlands -- Part two: Mexico mundo -- Part three: Oaxaca, the inframundo -- Part four: The road to Nueva Maravilla -- Part five: The way back.
Subject: Theroux, Paul > Travel.
Mexico > Description and travel.
Mexican-American Border Region > Description and travel.
TRAVEL / Mexico.
Travel.
Mexico.
North America > Mexican-American Border Region.
Genre: Travel writing.

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Homer Public Library 917.904 THE (Text) 000153312 Nonfiction Available -

Summary: "Legendary travel writer Paul Theroux fearlessly drives the entire length of the US-Mexico border, then goes deep into the hinterland, on the back roads of Chiapas and Oaxaca, to uncover the rich, layered world behind today's brutal headlines."--

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