Summary of Luis Alberto Urrea's The Devil's Highway

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The men were so sunstruck that they didn't know their own names, couldn't remember where they came from, or how long they had been lost. They were walking now just to find water, not salvation. #2 The Devil's Highway is a name that has set out to illuminate one notion: bad medicine. The first white man to die in the desert heat here did so on January 18, 1541. #3 The history of Mexico is the history of white immigrants conquering and settling the country. #4 The town of Sonoita, Mexico, was founded in 1541 by Spanish explorers who were looking for gold.
It was a stopping point for them, and they did not want to spend their holidays there, but they were deep into hostile territory.