{"product_id":"9780593298589-soldiers-and-kings-jason-de-leon","title":"Soldiers and Kings by Jason De León","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 11px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:24px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height:107%\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Aptos,sans-serif\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eSoldiers and Kings\u003c\/u\u003e: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling\u003cbr\u003e\nby Jason De León\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 11px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:18px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height:107%\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Aptos,sans-serif\"\u003eWinner of The 2024 National Book Award for Nonfiction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 11px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:18px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height:107%\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Aptos,sans-serif\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA TIME 10 Best Nonfiction Book of 2024\u003cbr\u003e\nAn NPR Book We Love 2024\u003cbr\u003e\nA New York Times Notable Book of 2024\u003cbr\u003e\nA Boston Globe Best Book of 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 11px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:18px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height:107%\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Aptos,sans-serif\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e“A work of extraordinary reportage and compassion...[it] will shock you, move you, and leave you changed.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e- Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer Prize-winning and New York Times Bestselling Author of \u003ci\u003eEvicted \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePoverty, by America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 11px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:18px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height:107%\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Aptos,sans-serif\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e“An enlightening, frightening, unforgettable read.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e- Sandra Cisneros, Bestselling Author of \u003ci\u003eThe House on Mango Street\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 11px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:18px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height:107%\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Aptos,sans-serif\"\u003eAn intense, intimate and first-of-its-kind look at the world of human smuggling in Latin America, by a MacArthur \"genius\" grant winner and anthropologist with unprecedented access\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 11px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:18px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height:107%\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Aptos,sans-serif\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical instability, poverty, climate change, and the insatiable appetite for cheap labor all fuel clandestine movement across borders.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 11px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:18px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height:107%\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Aptos,sans-serif\"\u003eAs those borders harden, the demand for smugglers who aid migrants across them increases every year. Yet the real lives and work of smugglers—or coyotes, or guides, as they are often known by the migrants who hire their services—are only ever reported on from a distance, using tired tropes and stereotypes, often depicted as boogie men and violent warlords. In an effort to better understand this essential yet extralegal billion-dollar global industry, internationally recognized anthropologist and expert Jason De León embedded with a group of smugglers moving migrants across Mexico over the course of seven years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 11px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:18px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height:107%\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Aptos,sans-serif\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe result of this unique and extraordinary access is \u003ci\u003eSoldiers and Kings\u003c\/i\u003e: the first ever in-depth, character-driven look at human smuggling.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 11px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:18px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height:107%\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Aptos,sans-serif\"\u003eIt is a heart-wrenching and intimate narrative that revolves around the life and death of one coyote who falls in love and tries to leave smuggling behind. In a powerful, original voice, De León expertly chronicles the lives of low-level foot soldiers breaking into the smuggling game, and morally conflicted gang leaders who oversee rag-tag crews of guides and informants along the migrant trail.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:18px;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height:107%\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Aptos\",sans-serif'\u003eSoldiers and Kings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height:107%\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Aptos\",sans-serif'\u003e is not only a ground-breaking up-close glimpse of a difficult-to-access world, it is a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49895204094267,"sku":"0593298586","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/9780593298589.jpg?v=1777293820","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/9780593298589-soldiers-and-kings-jason-de-leon","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}