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Article: River tales: The Rio Grande from the headwaters to the sea
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- High Country News
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- June 13, 2005
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Trying to wrestle the Rio Grande into one book is a foolhardy undertaking, not only because of the river's complexity, but because so many writers have attempted the feat before. But this new collection from Jan Reid is a tribute to the river rivaled only by Paul Horgan's 1954 masterpiece, Great River.
Rio Grande is divided into five parts, each introduced by Reid with tales about those who wade the river's waters, draw life from its ditches, and, sometimes, sit in a drunken stupor along its banks. The book's standout writers include Charles Bowden, Gloria Anzaldúa, and Cecilia BallÃ, who writes about the brutal murders of women in Juárez and laments that in Ciudad de la Muerte, "even ...