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The Resource Spirit run : a 6,000-mile marathon through North America's stolen land, Noé Álvarez

Spirit run : a 6,000-mile marathon through North America's stolen land, Noé Álvarez

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"Growing up in Yakima, Washington, Noé Álvarez worked at an apple-packing plant alongside his mother, who "slouched over a conveyor belt of fruit, shoulder to shoulder with mothers conditioned to believe this was all they could do with their lives." A university scholarship offered escape, but as a first-generation Latino college-goer, Álvarez struggled to fit in. At nineteen, he learned about a Native American/First Nations movement called the Peace and Dignity Journeys, epic marathons meant to renew cultural connections across North America. He dropped out of school and joined a group of Dené, Secwépemc, Gitxsan, Dakelh, Apache, Tohono O'odham, Seri, Purépecha, and Maya runners, all fleeing difficult beginnings. Telling their stories alongside his own, Álvarez writes about a four-month-long journey from Canada to Guatemala that pushed him to his limits. He writes not only of overcoming hunger, thirst, and fear--dangers included stone-throwing motorists and a mountain lion--but also of asserting Indigenous and working-class humanity in a capitalist society where oil extraction, deforestation, and substance abuse wreck communities. Running through mountains, deserts, and cities, and through the Mexican territory his parents left behind, Álvarez forges a new relationship with the land, and with the act of running, carrying with him the knowledge of his parents' migration, and--against all odds in a society that exploits his body and rejects his spirit--the dream of a liberated future."--Amazon.com
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
xviii, 218 pages
Contents
  • Warehouse white noise
  • The "Palm Springs of Washington"
  • Ganas in Carver Country
  • Getting out
  • Walla Walla walkabouts
  • Cold feet
  • The arrival
  • Tree noodles
  • "Indian time"
  • La Cruz de Campos
  • Glacier dip
  • Washington gray
  • Goldendale
  • An X-Man
  • Apache medicine
  • Cougar country
  • City-slicker natives
  • Tlaloc in L.A.
  • Southern fire
  • Main in the maze
  • Running the wrong way
  • The devil's coffin
  • El chapito
  • Deer runners
  • Chihuahua
  • Touch of treasure
  • The rebirth story
  • Nayarit
  • Mangoes
  • Santo coyote
  • Hardware store
  • Weaving words
  • The flying men of Teotihuacán
  • Descending eagle
  • Oaxaca
  • Zapatistas : rebel country
  • Acteal
  • Guatemala
  • Old orchard
  • Today
Isbn
9781948226462
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Spirit run : a 6,000-mile marathon through North America's stolen land
Title
Spirit run
Title remainder
a 6,000-mile marathon through North America's stolen land
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Noé Álvarez
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  • 6,000-mile marathon through North America's stolen land
  • Six thousand-mile marathon through North America's stolen land
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a 6,000-mile marathon through North Americas stolen land
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Language
eng
Summary
"Growing up in Yakima, Washington, Noé Álvarez worked at an apple-packing plant alongside his mother, who "slouched over a conveyor belt of fruit, shoulder to shoulder with mothers conditioned to believe this was all they could do with their lives." A university scholarship offered escape, but as a first-generation Latino college-goer, Álvarez struggled to fit in. At nineteen, he learned about a Native American/First Nations movement called the Peace and Dignity Journeys, epic marathons meant to renew cultural connections across North America. He dropped out of school and joined a group of Dené, Secwépemc, Gitxsan, Dakelh, Apache, Tohono O'odham, Seri, Purépecha, and Maya runners, all fleeing difficult beginnings. Telling their stories alongside his own, Álvarez writes about a four-month-long journey from Canada to Guatemala that pushed him to his limits. He writes not only of overcoming hunger, thirst, and fear--dangers included stone-throwing motorists and a mountain lion--but also of asserting Indigenous and working-class humanity in a capitalist society where oil extraction, deforestation, and substance abuse wreck communities. Running through mountains, deserts, and cities, and through the Mexican territory his parents left behind, Álvarez forges a new relationship with the land, and with the act of running, carrying with him the knowledge of his parents' migration, and--against all odds in a society that exploits his body and rejects his spirit--the dream of a liberated future."--Amazon.com
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contains biographical information
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10878154
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YDX
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Álvarez, Noé
Dewey number
796.42092
Index
no index present
LC call number
GV1065.23.N67
LC item number
A48 2020
Literary form
non fiction
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True
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  • Álvarez, Noé
  • Long-distance running
  • Long-distance runners
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Long-distance runners
  • Long-distance running
  • North America
  • United States
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a 6,000-mile marathon through North America's stolen land
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Spirit run : a 6,000-mile marathon through North America's stolen land, Noé Álvarez
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Contents
Warehouse white noise -- The "Palm Springs of Washington" -- Ganas in Carver Country -- Getting out -- Walla Walla walkabouts -- Cold feet -- The arrival -- Tree noodles -- "Indian time" -- La Cruz de Campos -- Glacier dip -- Washington gray -- Goldendale -- An X-Man -- Apache medicine -- Cougar country -- City-slicker natives -- Tlaloc in L.A. -- Southern fire -- Main in the maze -- Running the wrong way -- The devil's coffin -- El chapito -- Deer runners -- Chihuahua -- Touch of treasure -- The rebirth story -- Nayarit -- Mangoes -- Santo coyote -- Hardware store -- Weaving words -- The flying men of Teotihuacán -- Descending eagle -- Oaxaca -- Zapatistas : rebel country -- Acteal -- Guatemala -- Old orchard -- Today
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on1105715145
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22 cm
Extent
xviii, 218 pages
Isbn
9781948226462
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2019944451
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(OCoLC)1105715145
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Spirit run : a 6,000-mile marathon through North America's stolen land, Noé Álvarez
Publication
Copyright
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
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text
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Contents
Warehouse white noise -- The "Palm Springs of Washington" -- Ganas in Carver Country -- Getting out -- Walla Walla walkabouts -- Cold feet -- The arrival -- Tree noodles -- "Indian time" -- La Cruz de Campos -- Glacier dip -- Washington gray -- Goldendale -- An X-Man -- Apache medicine -- Cougar country -- City-slicker natives -- Tlaloc in L.A. -- Southern fire -- Main in the maze -- Running the wrong way -- The devil's coffin -- El chapito -- Deer runners -- Chihuahua -- Touch of treasure -- The rebirth story -- Nayarit -- Mangoes -- Santo coyote -- Hardware store -- Weaving words -- The flying men of Teotihuacán -- Descending eagle -- Oaxaca -- Zapatistas : rebel country -- Acteal -- Guatemala -- Old orchard -- Today
Control code
on1105715145
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
xviii, 218 pages
Isbn
9781948226462
Lccn
2019944451
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1105715145

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