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17/100Scholars
Author:
DW Gibson
Publisher:
Simon Schuster
Date:
July 7, 2020
Journalist Gibson delivers a compelling on-the-ground account of the construction of President Trumpâs border wall in San Diegoâand the impact on the lives of local residents.
What The Reviewers Say
As the wall makes its slow march forward, Gibson sets out on a quest to meet people whose lives are connected to the border. It’s hard to think of an archetype he doesn’t profile.
Gibson’s first-hand accounts and comments on his broken Spanish and the quality of whatever coffee he’s being subjected to bring a personal edge to his observations and research on a topic with international reach spanning decades. In the shadow of the prototypes, Gibson seeks out people willing to share their experiences of and perspectives on the impact of the many forces at work on the border...They’re all given voices within Gibson’s enlightening and inclusive report on the walled border..
Written in a narrative style, this engaging book will appeal to anyone interested in learning more about who lives along the border and what a wall means to them..
Gibson’s exhaustive work is worthy scholarship. He painstakingly chronicles the phases of the prototype-building and interviews scores of people who live and work along the border. While his heart is clearly with the undocumented immigrants desperate to enter the country, his journalist’s eye also focuses with precision on the contractors building the wall, the border agents patrolling it, and the politicians supporting it.
