Against the American Grain

Gary Paul Nabhan is a Lebanese American ecologist, agrarian activist, Ecumenical Franciscan Brother, and bilingual essayist whose work focuses primarily on the arid binational Southwest. He is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, a Lannan Literary Award, and an Utne Reader's annual visionary award, and he is the author of thirty-two books, beginning with The Desert Smells Like Rain. His most recent book is Agave Spirits. He resides in Patagonia, Arizona, and Desemboque del Sur, Sonora.

• IntroductionA Note (or Apology) About Changing Names, Dialects, and Local IdiomsChapter One. Resistance: Indigenous Elders Walking the LineChapter Two. Metamorphosis: Mustafa al-Zemmouri and Cabeza de VacaChapter Three. Volition: Maria de Ágreda, Jumanos Captain Tuerto, and Enrique MadridChapter Four. Abyss: Francisco Garcés and Salvador PalmaChapter Five. Indigenous Nationhood: Juan de Banderas and Padre Pedro LeyvaChapter Six. Race: Coyote Iguana and Lola CasanovaChapter Seven. Rebellion: Joaquín Murrieta Orozco and Alfredo Acosta FigueroaChapter Eight. Revolution: Teresita de Cábora and Lauro AguirreChapter Nine. Dust: Woody Guthrie and Tim Z. HernandezChapter Ten. Steinbeck and Ricketts: Broken Men Breaking ThroughChapter Eleven. Reies López Tijerina and Arturo SandovalChapter Twelve. Boycott: César Chávez, Dolores Huerta, and Fred RossChapter Thirteen. Huelga en General: Lalo Guerrero and Danny and Luis ValdezChapter Fourteen. Sanctuary: Jim Corbett, Ramón Dagoberto Quinones, and John FifeAcknowledgmentsFurther Reading and Cited Literature

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