The Coyote's Bicycle: The Untold Story of 7,000 Bicycles and

The Coyote's Bicycle: The Untold Story of 7,000 Bicycles and the Rise of a Borderland Empire

For readers of Jon Krakauer and Susan Orlean, The Coyote's Bicycle brings to life a never-before-told phenomenon at our southern border, and the human drama of those that would cross.
It wasnâ€™t surprising when the first abandoned bicycles were found along the dirt roads and farmland just across the border from Tijuana, but before long they were arriving in droves. The bikes went from curiosity, to nuisance, to phenomenon. But until they caught the eye of journalist Kimball Taylor, only a small cadre of human smugglersâ€•coyotesâ€•and migrants could say how or why theyâ€™d gotten there. And only through Taylorâ€™s obsession did another curious migratory pattern emerge: the bicyclesâ€™ movement through the black market, Hollywood, the prison system, and the military-industrial complex.Â ThisÂ is the story of 7,000 bikes that made an incredible journey and one young man from Oaxaca who arrived at the border with nothing, built a small empire, and then vanished. Taylor follows the trail of the border bikes through some of societyâ€™s most powerful institutions, and, with the help of an unlikely source, he reconstructs the rise of one of Tijuanaâ€™s most innovativeÂ coyotes. Touching on immigration and globalization, as well as the history of the US/Mexico border,TheÂ Coyoteâ€™s BicycleÂ is at once an immersive investigation of an outrageous occurrence and a true-crime, rags-to-riches story.
Country USA
Brand Tin House
Manufacturer Tin House Books
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9781941040201
ReleaseDate 2016-02-22
UnitCount 1
UPCs 884992845067
EANs 9781941040201

Country	USA
Brand	Tin House
Manufacturer	Tin House Books
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9781941040201
ReleaseDate	2016-02-22
UnitCount	1
UPCs	884992845067
EANs	9781941040201

The Coyote's Bicycle: The Untold Story of 7,000 Bicycles and the Rise of a Borderland Empire

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