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From New York Times reporter Jazmine Ulloa, a sweeping human history of El Paso, revealing violence, power, and privilege at play in Americas most famous border town.
El Paso has been called the Ellis Island of Americas southern border, a mountain pass cum border town cum bifurcated metropolis where past meets future, and disadvantage meets opportunity, or so the promise goes.
El Paso is an extraordinary, cant-look-away reported history; it uses deep research and dozens of new interviews to blow away the myth of this place, where Mexicos Juarez and Americas El Paso intertwine. It charts the history of El Paso through five families. From the Mexican Revolution and the Mexican Repatriation, to the shifting immigration laws under Reagan and Trump and the violence and bloodshed brought on by the drug war, El Paso captures a place often misunderstood or forgotten by the rest of the country, and the world.
El Paso is a brave new work of narrative nonfiction that gives new voice and perspective to history that has long been checked at the border, or told through the lens of white men alone. Ulloa draws upon meticulous research and reporting and stunning historical detail to craft the intimate narratives of an unforgettable cast of characters.
Author: Jazmine Ulloa
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Dutton
Published: 03/03/2026
Pages: 352
ISBN: 9780593471869
Language: English
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