Rory Fanning

Worth Fighting for

An Army Ranger's Journey Out of the Military and Across America

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Former US Army Ranger walks across America for a fallen comrade and finds his voice as a war resister.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Haymarket Books
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 190mm x 128mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 269g
• ISBN-13: 9781608463916
• ISBN-10: 1608463915
• Artikelnr.: 40556524

Autorenporträt

Rory Fanning walked across the U.S. for the Pat Tillman Foundation in 2008-2009, following two deployments to Afghanistan with the 2nd Army Ranger Battalion. He is a founding member of Communities United Against Foreclosure and Eviction.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Introduction 7 Part I 10 Chapter 1: Virginia 11 VIRGINIA BEACH
VA Mile 0 11 First Landing State Park
Virginia 14 NORFOLK
VIRGINIA Mile 19 14 A FEW MILES OUTSIDE OF CHESAPEAKE
VA Mile 25 15 FRANKLIN
VA Mile 60 15 Chapter 2: North Carolina 17 SEABOARD
NORTH CAROLINA Mile 93 17 WELDON
NC Mile 103 18 20 MILES EAST OF RALEIGH Mile 165 19 RALEIGH
NC Mile 185 19 20 MILES WEST OF RALEIGH
NC Mile 205 22 CHARLOTTE
NC Mile 324 22 Fighting the KKK in Monroe
NC 23 Chapter 3: South Carolina 25 SOUTH CAROLINA BORDER Mile 330 25 GAFFNEY
SC Mile 379 26 TRAIL OF TEARS Mile 430 27 The Cherokee Nation 28 THIRTY MILES FROM THE GEORGIA BORDER 28 WALHALLA
SC Mile 460 29 Chapter 4: Georgia 31 CLAYTON
GA Mile 487 31 DICK'S CREEK GAP
APPALACHIAN TRAIL Mile 503 34 BLUE RIDGE
GA Mile 553 34 ELLIJAY
GA Mile 568 35 I AM TROY DAVIS 36 CHATSWORTH
GA Mile 592 38 CHATTANOOGA
TN Mile 635 39 Conscientious Objectors in the Civil War? 40 TRENTON
GA Mile 654 40 Chapter 5: Alabama and Mississippi 42 SCOTTSBORO
AL Mile 694 42 The Scottsboro Boys 44 HUNTSVILLE
AL Mile 734 44 FLORENCE
AL Mile 802 46 Emmett Till 47 CORINTH
MISSISSIPPI Mile 860 47 MEMPHIS
TN Mile 951 50 The Lorraine Motel 51 PART II 53 Mark Twain
Anti-Imperialist 53 Chapter 6: Arkansas 55 FORREST CITY
AR Mile 998 55 BISCOE
AR Mile 1.038 56 NORTH LITTLE ROCK
AR Mile 1
082 57 The Little Rock Nine 58 HOT SPRINGS
AR Mile 1
135 58 MOUNT IDA
AR Mile 1
171 59 NORMAN
AR Mile 1
179 60 GLENWOOD
AR Mile 1
191 63 Chapter 7: Texas 65 Native Americans in Oklahoma 66 PARIS
TX Mile 1
228 67 HOUSTON
TX Mile 1
228 68 COMMERCE
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267 69 The San Patricio Brigade 70 ROYSE CITY
TX Mile 1
299 72 DALLAS
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333 73 OUTSIDE OF FORT WORTH
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361 76 MINERAL WELLS
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409 76 The Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament 78 BRECKENRIDGE
TX Mile 1
459 78 ALBANY
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473 79 ANSON
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510 80 ROBY
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540 81 SNYDER
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572 82 LUBBOCK
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656 83 LEVELLAND
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686 83 WHITEFACE
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700 85 Chapter 8: New Mexico 87 TATUM
NM Mile 1
757 88 ROSWELL
NM Mile 1
829 90 HONDO
NM Mile 1
876 92 WHITE SANDS
NM Mile 1
961 93 Trinity Site Nuclear Testing 94 SAN ANTONIO
NEW MEXICO Mile 2
065 95 SOCORRO
NM Mile 2
075 95 MAGDELENA
NM Mile 2
092 95 DATIL
NM Mile 2
127 96 CONTINENTAL DIVIDE 96 PIE TOWN
NM Mile 2
148 97 QUEMADO
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170 98 Chapter 9: Arizona 100 SPRINGERVILLE
AZ Mile 2
219 100 SHOW LOW
AZ Mile 2
265 101 BLACK MESA
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458 102 PAYSON
AZ Mile 2
546 102 Cochise 103 MESA
AZ Mile 2
621 104 TEMPE
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628 105 PERRYVILLE MINIMUM SECURITY PRISON
AZ Mile 2
659 105 GILA BEND
AZ Mile 2
707 106 YUMA
AZ Mile 2
838 107 FELICITY
CA Mile 2
851 109 UNITED FARM WORKERS: SÍ SE PUEDE 109 THE DUNES
CA Mile 2
871 111 EL CENTRO
CA Mile 2
959 111 SALVATION MOUNTAIN
CA Mile 2
959 112 OCEANSIDE
CA Mile 3
087 113 Epilogue 115