{"product_id":"into-the-canyon-seven-years-in-navajo-country-9780826334176","title":"Into the Canyon: Seven Years in Navajo Country","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2005 Willa Award for Best Memoir from Women Writing the West \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA 2004 Southwest Book of the Year \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A delight to read; an invaluable historical and cultural narrative. . . . A good deal of my first novel, \u003ci\u003eCeremony, \u003c\/i\u003e 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoore, Lucy:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Lucy Moore is a facilitator and mediator specializing in public policy, environmental, and cross-cultural issues. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.","brand":"Unm Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52196955390226,"sku":"9780826334176","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_eef9dc5b-b594-4767-a9cd-4de1773a0023.jpg?v=1776158953","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/into-the-canyon-seven-years-in-navajo-country-9780826334176","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}