The Coyote's BicycleThe Coyote's Bicycle
the Untold Story of Seven Thousand Bicycles and the Rise of a Borderland Empire
Title rated 3.95 out of 5 stars, based on 14 ratings(14 ratings)
Book, 2016
Current format, Book, 2016, First U.S. edition, Available .Book, 2016
Current format, Book, 2016, First U.S. edition, Available . Offered in 0 more formatsIt 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. Touching on immigration and globalization, as well as the history of the US/Mexico border,The Coyote’s Bicycle is at once an immersive investigation of an outrageous occurrence and a true-crime, rags-to-riches story.
Touching on immigration and globalization, as well as the history of the US/Mexico border, this story of 7,000 border bikes that made an incredible journey reconstructs the rise of one of Tijuana’s most innovative human smugglers, also known as a coyote.
Touching on immigration, globalization, and the history of the US-Mexico border, a story of seven thousand bikes that made an incredible journey traces the rise of one of Tijuana's most innovative human smugglers, also known as a coyote.
Touching on immigration and globalization, as well as the history of the US/Mexico border, this story of 7,000 border bikes that made an incredible journey reconstructs the rise of one of Tijuana’s most innovative human smugglers, also known as a coyote.
Touching on immigration, globalization, and the history of the US-Mexico border, a story of seven thousand bikes that made an incredible journey traces the rise of one of Tijuana's most innovative human smugglers, also known as a coyote.
Title availability
About
Subject and genre
Details
Publication
- Portland, Oregon : Tin House Books, 2016.
Opinion
More from the community
Community lists featuring this title
There are no community lists featuring this title
Community contributions
There are no quotations from this title
There are no quotations from this title
From the community