{"product_id":"spirit-run-a-6000-mile-marathon-through-north-americas-stolen-land-9781646220533","title":"Spirit Run: A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Editors' Choice, 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).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrowing 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt 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 fleeing difficult beginnings. Telling their stories alongside his own,  lvarez 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRunning through mountains, deserts, and cities, and through the Mexican territory his parents left behind,  lvarez 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catapult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/02\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646220533\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240","brand":"Noe Alvarez","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38400707264693,"sku":"9781646220533","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5717c15b-0e1a-4bcf-9c73-1b48bf412a49.jpg?v=1612165542","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/spirit-run-a-6000-mile-marathon-through-north-americas-stolen-land-9781646220533","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}