Waiting for José: The Minutemen's Pursuit of America

by Harel Shapira

Book Overview

A revealing look inside a controversial movement

They live in the suburbs of Tennessee and Indiana. They fought in Vietnam and Desert Storm. They speak about an older, better America, an America that once was, and is no more. And for the past decade, they have come to the U.S. / Mexico border to hunt for illegal immigrants. Who are the Minutemen? Patriots? Racists? Vigilantes?

Harel Shapira lived with the Minutemen and patrolled...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691152152
• ISBN13: 9780691152158
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.4"