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008 081210s2009 nyu 000 1 eng
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050 00 $aPS3612.Y542$bB67 2009
082 00 $a813/.6$222
100 1 $aLynch, Jim,$d1961-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2004152494
245 10 $aBorder songs /$cJim Lynch.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bAlfred A. Knopf,$c2009.
300 $a291 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $a"This is a Borzoi book."
520 1 $a"Six foot eight and severely dyslexic, Brandon Vanderkool has always had an unusual perspective - which comes in handy once his father pushes him off their dairy farm and into the Border Patrol. He used to jump over the ditch into British Columbia but now is responsible for policing a thirty-mile stretch of this largely invisible boundary. Uncomfortable in this uniformed role, he indulges his passion for bird-watching and often finds not only an astonishing variety of species but also a great many smugglers hauling pot into Washington State, as well as potentially more dangerous illegals. What a decade before was a sleepy rural hinterland is now the front line of an escalating war on both drugs and terrorism." "Life on either side of the border is undergoing a similar transformation. Mountaintop mansions in Canada peer down into berry farms that might offer convenient routes into the budding American market, politicians clamor for increased security, surveillance cameras sprout up everywhere and previously law-abiding citizens are tempted to turn a blind eye. Closer to home, Brandon's father battles disease in his herd, and his mother something far more frightening. Madeline Rousseau, who grew up right across the ditch, has seen her gardening skills turn lucrative, while her father keeps busy by replicating great past inventions, medicating himself and railing against imperialism. And overseeing all is the mysterious masseuse who knows everybody's secrets."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aBorder patrol agents$vFiction.
651 0 $aWashington (State)$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113494
852 00 $boff,glx$hPS3612.Y542$iB67 2009