(Download PDF) Spirit Run: A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land Writen By No? ?lvarez

Spirit Run: A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land

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The son of working-class Mexican immigrants flees a life of labor in fruit-packing plants to run in a Native American marathon from Canada to Guatemala in this "stunning memoir that moves to the rhythm of feet, labor, and the many landscapes of the Americas" (Catriona Menzies-Pike, author of The Long Run).Growing up in Yakima, Washington, No? ?lvarez 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, ?lvarez 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 Den?, Secw?pemc, Gitxsan, Dakelh, Apache, Tohono O?odham, Seri, Pur?pecha, and Maya runners, all

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Author : Noé Álvarez

Pages : 6 pages

Publisher : HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Language : eng

ISBN-10 : B08461MQX1

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