Border Ping Pong - Hardcover

Harbison, Fay

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 142597466X ISBN 13: 9781425974664

Publisher: Authorhouse, 2007

Synopsis

Special agent, Steve Randolf was sent to the small border station of Quigley to investigate a suspected increase in drug trafficking. His arrival was not welcomed by the local staff who resented his independent ways and abrasive nature. Steve met his first wetback on his very first night when he appropriated the station's desert cottage outpost. His meeting was eventful because the wetback, Jessica Martinez, not only bested him but subsequently became his entrée to the boys, Mingo and Mano. His acquaintance with Mingo flourished when he ushered him and his tomatoes, the product of choice in trade between the poor villagers of San Pascual and the richer anglos, across the border. However he soon discovered the trade in tomatoes was merely a cover for a more lucrative trade in marijuana. It was Randolph's determination to protect Mingo that led him to the final trip to San Pascual where he witnessed first hand that Jessica was not only able to take care of herself but also came close to losing all their lives to the real drug traffickers. Finally Randolph admits to himself that Jessica is more important to his than remaining in the service. Only then did he learn who she actually worked for.

About this title

About the Author:

Fay Harbison is a University of Arizona graduate, summa cum laude, who has taught high school students, done social work and ahs traveled extensively with her husband Robert. During her second year of teaching, when she was still twenty one, she was appointed thirty eight years. She lived almost her entire life along the border between Arizona, California and Mexico. She calls her home town Florence, Arizona, the first territorial capital, where, unknown to the anglo population, one has to be chicano to be among the "four hundred." Fortunately she and her mother were always accepted by the chicanos as one of them.

About this edition

• Publisher: Authorhouse
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 142597466X
• ISBN 13: 9781425974664
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 332