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pbk. : alk. paper
(OCoLC)907056287
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Ferguson, Kathryn.
The haunting of the Mexican border :
a woman's journey /
Kathryn Ferguson.
Albuquerque :
University of New Mexico Press,
2015.
xii, 228 pages :
illustrations ;
23 cm.
Part I. Sierra Madre trails: hunting -- Guns and Gershwin -- Job -- Into Mexico -- Movies -- Mexican Navy -- Trails -- Norogachic -- In a handshake -- Scouting -- Filming the festival -- Ventura's home -- The unholy Tarahumara -- Part II. Arizona trails: hunted -- Al otro lado -- Water -- Spider web -- Chasing Rita -- International -- Phone call -- Detained -- Three times a charm -- Crossing -- Moat -- And now.
Changing careers, veteran dancer Ferguson became a filmmaker concentrating on Mexico's Sierra Madre, making many trips into Mexico from her home in Arizona. She writes with great empathy and imagery about the people of Mexico and presents her perspective on the plight of desperate people coming from the south seeking salvation in the north.
20170310.
Manners and customs.
Travel.
Mexican-American Border Region
Description and travel.
Mexican-American Border Region
Social life and customs.