The coyote's bicycle the untold story of seven thousand bicycles and the rise of a borderland empire
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Published
Portland, Oregon : Tin House Books, 2016.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 407 pages ; 23 cm.
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Published
Portland, Oregon : Tin House Books, 2016.
Format
Book
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-407).
Description
It wasn'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 smugglers coyotes and migrants could say how or why they'd gotten there. And only through Taylor's obsession did another curious migratory pattern emerge: the bicycles movement through the black market, Hollywood, the prison system, and the military-industrial complex. This 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 society s most powerful institutions, and, with the help of an unlikely source, he reconstructs the rise of one of Tijuana's most innovative coyotes.
Target Audience
All Ages.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Taylor, K. (2016). The coyote's bicycle: the untold story of seven thousand bicycles and the rise of a borderland empire (First U.S. edition.). Tin House Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Taylor, Kimball. 2016. The Coyote's Bicycle: The Untold Story of Seven Thousand Bicycles and the Rise of a Borderland Empire. Tin House Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Taylor, Kimball. The Coyote's Bicycle: The Untold Story of Seven Thousand Bicycles and the Rise of a Borderland Empire Tin House Books, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Taylor, Kimball. The Coyote's Bicycle: The Untold Story of Seven Thousand Bicycles and the Rise of a Borderland Empire First U.S. edition., Tin House Books, 2016.
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