Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction—Walking at the Intersection of Literature and Materiality
1. Paths in the Wilderness—Walking Bodies and Material Agency in Early American Indian Captivity Narratives
2. “By This Song I Walk”—Land, Movement, and Memory on the Navajo Long Walk
3. Peripatetic Philosopher—Walking, Rhythm, and Material Nature in Mary Austin’s Desert Writing
4. Crossing the Storied Desert—Bodies on the Border in Luis Alberto Urrea’s The Devil’s Highway
5. Walking Between Worlds—Material and Metaphorical Maps in Louise Erdrich’s Novels
Epilogue—Walking for Survival
Works Cited
Index
About the Author