| Description |
1 online resource (5 audio files) : digital |
| Playing Time |
05:19:47 |
| Description |
audio file rda |
| Note |
Unabridged. |
| Performer |
Narrator: Ramon De Ocampo. |
| Summary |
Growing up in Yakima, Washington, Noe 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 Dene, Secwepemc, Gitxsan, Dakelh, Apache, Tohono O'odham, Seri, Purepecha, 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. |
| System Details |
Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 149921 KB). |
| Subject |
Nonfiction. |
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Biography & Autobiography. |
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Multi-Cultural. |
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Sports & Recreations. |
| Genre |
Electronic audiobooks.
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| Added Author |
De Ocampo Ramon.
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| ISBN |
9781684578702 (sound recording) |
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