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092    BIO|bALVAREZ 
100 1  Álvarez, Noé,|eauthor. 
245 10 Spirit run :|ba 6,000-mile marathon through North 
       America's stolen land /|cNoé Álvarez. 
264  1 New York :|bCatapult,|c[2020] 
300    xviii, 218 pages ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    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. 
600 10 Álvarez, Noé. 
650  0 Long-distance runners|zNorth America|vBiography. 
650  0 Indians of North America. 
655  7 Autobiographies.|2lcgft