
The Door of Death
An Arizona Border Story
Paul Sebastian(Author)
iUniverse (Publisher)
Published on 7. January 2004
Book
Hardback
372 pages
978-0-595-75297-3 (ISBN)
Description
Maria, Ben and Javy graduate from the University of Arizona together. Maria has dated both but marries Ben. Ben and Javy become deputies in Cochise, a county bordering Mexico where drug and people smugglers are as thick as cacti, dangerous as rattlesnakes, and dead bodies appear daily as migrants die crossing the desert to enter the United States illegally. Ben is elected sheriff, names Javy chief deputy. Ben and Maria have three children. Javy marries a barrel racer and fathers a child. Loses wife to cancer. The three join forces with governor, a U.S. Senator, two members of the House of Representatives and a rancher/ State Senator in an attempt to persuade Congress to enact a guest-worker program. Ranchers become vigilantes. Supremacists arrive. Ben is killed. State Senator found dead on his ranch. A ranch hand is killed while riding fence. Governor appoints Maria sheriff. Javy helps Maria find killers.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
768 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-595-75297-3 (9780595752973)
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