{"product_id":"into-the-canyon-seven-years-in-navajo-country-revised","title":"Into the Canyon: Seven Years in Navajo Country (Revised)","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eInto the Canyon: Seven Years in Navajo Country (Revised)\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eLucy Moore\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780826334176\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eUniversity of New Mexico Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2006\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Paperback Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1968 newlyweds Lucy Moore and her husband moved from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Chinle, Arizona, where he had taken a job with the recently created Navajo legal services program. They were part of a wave of young 1960s idealists determined to help others less fortunate than themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter fulfilling the two-year commitment with the legal program, Lucy and Bob stayed for another five years. \u003ci\u003eInto the Canyon\u003c\/i\u003e is her account of the places and people they came to love and the lessons they learned from their Navajo neighbors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ms. Moore's recollection of time spent in Navajo County is a beautiful and spirited tribute to Chinle culture. Moreover, we are given a glimpse into what it means to be affected by a place, time, and people. Beautifully constructed.\"--\u003ci\u003eWomen Writing the West\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Never a false note. Clearly written, candid, and funny . . . an engaging read.\"--Peter Iverson, historian and award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eDiné\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFor Our Navajo People\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Lucy Moore tells this story with humor, sensitivity, and grace. Her absorbing memoir of seven years living, working, and being herself with Navajo people is a journey of discovery not only of 'the other' but, even more important, a confrontation with her own identity as a white person.\"--Mark Rudd, last national secretary of SDS, founder of the Weather Underground, teacher, and activist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A delight to read; an invaluable historical and cultural narrative. . . . A good deal of my first novel, Ceremony, was inspired by Chinle, but I didn't fully appreciate just how much was going on during those years until I read Lucy's book.\"--Leslie Silko, author of \u003ci\u003eGardens In the Dunes\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCeremony\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"University of New Mexico Press","offers":[{"title":"Into the Canyon: Seven Years in Navajo Country (Revised) | Lucy Moore | Paperback | 9780826334176 | Used: Like New | Memoir 1633097","offer_id":50703424028930,"sku":"1633097","price":21.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/51v6MNsYfSL.jpg?v=1791630686","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/into-the-canyon-seven-years-in-navajo-country-revised","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}