God's Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre

God's Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre
Richard Grant (Author)
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Twenty miles south of the Arizona-Mexico border, the rugged, beautiful Sierra Madre mountains begin their dramatic ascent. Almost 900 miles long, the range climbs to nearly 11,000 feet and boasts several canyons deeper than the Grand Canyon. The rules of law and society have never taken hold in the Sierra Madre, which is home to bandits, drug smugglers, Mormons, cave-dwelling Tarahumara Indians, opium farmers, cowboys, and other assorted outcasts. Outsiders are not welcome; drugs are the primary source of income; murder is all but a regional pastime. The Mexican army occasionally goes in to burn marijuana and opium crops -- the modern treasure of the Sierra Madre -- but otherwise the government stays away. In its stead are the drug lords, who have made it one of the biggest drug-producing areas in the world. Fifteen years ago, journalist Richard Grant developed what he calls "an unfortunate fascination" with this lawless place. Locals warned that he would meet his death there, but he didn't believe them -- until his last trip. During his travels Grant visited a folk healer for his insomnia and was prescribed rattlesnake pills, attended bizarre religious rituals, consorted with cocaine-snorting policemen, taught English to Guarijio Indians, and dug for buried treasure. On his last visit, his reckless adventure spiraled into his own personal heart of darkness when cocaine-fueled Mexican hillbillies hunted him through the woods all night, bent on killing him for sport. With gorgeous detail, fascinating insight, and an undercurrent of dark humor, God's Middle Finger brings to vivid life a truly unique and uncharted world.

• Rank: #127411 in Books
• Published on: 2008-03-04
• Released on: 2008-03-04
• Format: Bargain Price
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

Description #1 by eBay - barnesandnobleinc:

author richard grant format perfect isbn 10 1416534407 isbn 13 9781416534402 language english publication year 20080000 audience trade author richard grant author for title richard grant book copyright date 2008 book industry reviews there is nothing here of the i jumped over a puddle aspect of modern adventure stories as an englishman grant has far too much of the mad dog in his character and i am surprised indeed that he survived his journey this is a thoroughly enlivening book the rare kind t

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Free Press 2008-03-04. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback2008 CR most minor cvr shelfwearelsecrispclean textappears unreadunused

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Travel-Mexico