{"product_id":"on-the-border-portraits-of-americas-southwestern-frontier-9781504029476","title":"On the Border: Portraits of America's Southwestern Frontier","description":"Tom Miller's \u003ci\u003eOn the Border\u003c\/i\u003e frames the land between the United States and Mexico as a Third Country, one 2,000 miles long and twenty miles wide. This Third Country has its own laws and its own outlaws. Its music, language, and food are unique. \u003ci\u003eOn the Border\u003c\/i\u003e, a first-person travel narrative, portrays this bi-national culture, \"unforgettable to every reader lucky enough to discover this gem of southwestern Americana.\" (\u003ci\u003eSan Diego Union-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e) It's a \"deftly written book,\" said the \u003ci\u003eNew Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e. \"Mr. Miller has drawn a lively sketch of this unruly, unpredictable place.\" Traveling from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean, Miller offers \"cultural history and fine journalism.\" (\u003ci\u003eDallas Times Herald\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Among his stops is Rosa's Cantina in El Paso, the Arizona site where a rancher sadistically tortured three Mexican campesinos, and the 100,000-watt XERF radio station where Wolfman Jack broadcasts nightly. He interviews children in both countries, all of whom insist that the candy on the other side is superior\u003ci\u003e. On the Border\u003c\/i\u003e, translated into Spanish, French, and Japanese, was the first book to identify and describe this land as a Third Country. Miller \"knows this country,\" says \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e, \"feels its joys and sorrows, hears its music and loves its soul.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAward-winning author Tom Miller has written about the American West and Latin America for \u003ci\u003eLIFE\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNatural History\u003c\/i\u003e among other magazines, as well as the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. His many books include the travel classics \u003ci\u003eRevenge of the Saguaro\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Panama Hat Trail\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTrading with the Enemy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOn the Border\u003c\/i\u003e. Well-traveled in Cuba and elsewhere in the Americas, Miller leads a Literary Havana trip every January. He has lived in Arizona for four decades, and gives talks at colleges throughout the country about his travels. His web site is www.tommillerbooks.com. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Open Road Integrated Media LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50416499097874,"sku":"9781504029476","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ed34b345-649e-4388-b226-7594952b5a92.jpg?v=1729423177","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/on-the-border-portraits-of-americas-southwestern-frontier-9781504029476","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}