Author Event at Griffinbay Books

And Hell Followed With Her: Crossing the Dark Side of the American Border by David Neiwert

It began with a frantic late-night 911 call from a woman in a remote, dusty little Arizona border town, reporting that she and her husband and their 9-year-old daughter had been shot by a camouflage-bedecked gang wielding guns, barging into their home and pretending to be Border Patrol officers. The woman survived her wounds, but neither her daughter nor her husband, a known smuggler, lived. Two weeks later, the leader of one of the more prominent offshoots of the Minuteman movement—a brassy blonde from the Pacific Northwest named Shawna Forde—was under arrest, along with members of her group, charged with plotting the home-invasion murders as part of a scheme to finance a violent anti-government border militia through robbery.

On Saturday afternoon, October 12, 2:00—4:00 pm Seattle journalist David Neiwert will be on hand at Griffin Bay Bookstore to present and discuss And Hell Followed With Her: Crossing the Dark Side of the American Border, his latest work in a long and distinguished career chronicling the exploits of right-wing extremism in America. This is an illuminating portrait of a southwestern tragedy—the brutal murder that rocked the Arizona border town of Arivaca, and the ugly underbelly of the anti-immigrant movement that played a vital role in it. In light of the looming national discussion on immigration, Neiwert exposes the realities of life on the border and exposes many of the myths perpetuated by the Minutemen and other anti-immigrant groups.

Neiwert has written a harrowing, richly reported portrait of this movement; it is also a portrait of the nature of American nativism, embodied in the Minuteman movement. Their ethnic hatred and worldview continues to drive much of the immigration debate in America today.

About the Author

A foremost expert in American right-wing extremism in America, David Neiwert is the managing editor of the popular political blog Crooks and Liars. His reporting and commentary have appeared in the American Prospect, Washington Post, MSNBC.com, Salon.com, and elsewhere. His previous books include The Eliminationists and Strawberry Days. He won the National Press Club Award for Distinguished Online Journalism in 2000. He lives in Seattle.

What Others Are Saying

“A scouring investigation of the unorthodox methods of the anti-immigration Minuteman Project . . . A sweeping account of some of [its] major players and
a taut true-crime story told with a measure of gravitas, gripping as much for the grisly particulars of a violent murder as for the fascinating context of the anti-immigrant movement playing out along the U. S-Mexico border,”—Kirkus Reviews

“As the national debate on immigration heats up again, this is a must-read for those who seek a deeper understanding of the issues and emotions behind the rhetoric,”—Seattle Times

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