New York, New York, USA: Abbeville Press, Incorporated, 1988. BZ1 - A hard cover withdrawn ex-library book in very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in pink cloth covered boards with lettering blind stamped on the front and gold lettering and a graphic on the spine with very minor overall wear plus the usual library stamps, labels, markings, and pocket on the half-title page, the title page, the copyright page, the back endpaper, and the top and bottom outside paper edges plus the dust jacket endflaps are glued down to the inside surfaces of the boards. The dust jacket shows only very, very minor overall shelf wear plus it is in the original library mylar sleeve plus the endflaps are glued down to the inside surfaces of the boards. An examination of the US Mexico border region. The author presents it as a hybrid of two nations, neither one nor the other, but a separate place. It is an arbitrary political barrier and an emotional scar in addition to being a landscape of both grandeur and squalor. Heavily illustrated with black and white and color photographs throughout. By the author of "Let 'Er Buck!," "Rodeo," "Working Cowboys," and "Shot in Prison." 251p. . Hard Cover. Good/Good. 7.5"x10.5". Ex-Library.

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Seller: Bookmarc's (US)
Seller's Inventory #: SCW03622
Title: The Border: Life On the Line
Author: Hall, Douglas K
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: Good
ISBN 10: 0896596850
ISBN 13: 9780896596856
Publisher: Abbeville Press, Incorporated
Place of Publication: New York, New York, USA
Date Published: 1988
Keywords: Nonfiction Non-fiction Mexico US Mexico Border Frontier Frontera
Bookseller catalogs: History: Mexico & Central Amer; Politics & Government / International Relations; History: U.S. / U.S. Politics; History: Mexico & Central Amer / Mexico;
Size: 7.5"x10.5"

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