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Mar 20, 2018 · Even though the author discusses just the Sierra Madre region, this book hits into hundreds of perfect examples of how the culture of all of Mexico works. Some readers, and some reviewers, will find it hard to accept that Grant's story is entirely plausible and represents the authentic, chaotic, lawless, smoke-and-mirrors, unique culture of the ...
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Mar 20, 2018 · Almost 900 miles long, the range climbs to nearly 11,000 feet and boasts several canyons deeper than the Grand Canyon. The rules of law and society have never taken hold in the Sierra Madre, which is home to bandits, drug smugglers, cave-dwelling Tarahumara Indians, opium farmers, and other assorted outcasts.
Mar 20, 2018 · Richard Grant is a British journalist, author and television presenter living in Mississippi. He is the author of four non-fiction books: American Nomads (2003), God's Middle Finger (2008), Crazy River: Exploration and Folly in East Africa (2011), and the New York Times bestseller Dispatches From Pluto: Lost and Found in the Mississippi Delta (2015).
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Mar 4, 2008 · God's Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre. Paperback – Bargain Price, March 4, 2008. Twenty miles south of the Arizona-Mexico border, the rugged, beautiful Sierra Madre mountains begin their dramatic ascent. Almost 900 miles long, the range climbs to nearly 11,000 feet and boasts several canyons deeper than the Grand Canyon.
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Mar 4, 2008 · The Mexican army occasionally goes in to burn marijuana and opium crops—the modern treasure of the Sierra Madre—but otherwise the government stays away. In its stead are the drug lords, who have made it one of the biggest drug-producing areas in the world.Fifteen years ago, journalist Richard Grant developed what he calls "an unfortunate ...
God’s Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre Richard Grant. Free Press, $15 (288pp) ISBN 978-1-4165-3440-2. As he travels through Mexico’s Sierra Madre, ...
Apr 6, 2015 · God's middle finger : into the lawless heart of the Sierra Madre by Grant, Richard, 1963-Publication date 2008 Topics Grant, Richard, 1963-Publisher New York : Free Press
