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Journalist Taylor deftly guides readers over la frontera and back again, many times, to unravel the story behind the thousands of bikes of all shapes and sized abandoned over the years along the Mexican-U.S. border . . . . a place that's as complex as it is enchanting. The Coyote's Bicycle is not unlike a swift downhill mountain bike ride through no-man's land.--Eric Blehm, New York Times Best Selling Author of Legend, Fearless, and The Only Thing Worth Dying For

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What an improbable, richly peopled saga! Kimball Taylor follows his hunch so deep into the world ofpollerosand the borderlands where they do their human smuggling that you ll forget you re reading non-fiction. El Indio, his clients, the authorities, and the harsh country they all do battle with not to mention all the merry, ubiquitous bicycles rolling through the story this completely original concoction reads like Latin American magical realism, except it s reported-out and grounded in fact. Wonderful stuff.--William Finnegan, author of Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life and Cold New World: Growing Up in a Harder Country The Coyote's Bicycle JournalistTaylordeftlyguides readers overla fronteraand back again, many times, to unravel the story behind the thousands of bikes of all shapes and sized abandoned over the years along the Mexican-U.S. border.. . . a place that's as complex as it is enchanting. Journalist Taylor deftly guides readers over la frontera and back again, many times, to unravel the story behind the thousands of bikes of all shapes and sized abandoned over the years along the Mexican-U.S. border . . . . a place that's as complex as it is enchanting.

What an improbable, richly peopled saga! Kimball Taylor follows his hunch so deep into the world ofpollerosand the borderlands where they do their human smuggling that you ll forget you re reading non-fiction. El Indio, his clients, the authorities, and the harsh country they all do battle with not to mention all the merry, ubiquitous bicycles rolling through the story this completely original concoction reads like Latin American magical realism, except it s reported-out and grounded in fact. Wonderful stuff. --William Finnegan, author of Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life and Cold New World: Growing Up in a Harder Country

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Kimball Taylor is the author of Return by Water: Surf Stories and Adventures, as well as, Drive Fast and Take Chances: Fair Warning from Surfers. He's a long-time contributor to Surfer Magazine. Taylor has co-authored history books on Pipeline and Jeffreys Bay. Taylor holds a BA in Journalism and a MFA in Creative Writing. He has taught writing courses at San Diego State University and is an alumnus of The Squaw Valley Community of Writers.

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