Living Poor; a Peace Corps Chronicle

Living Poor; a Peace Corps Chronicle
Author: Moritz Thomsen
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Total Pages: 330
Release: 1969
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780295969282
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At the age of 48, Moritz Thomsen sold his pig farm and joined the Peace Corps. As he tells the story, his awareness of the comic elements in the human situation--including his own--and his ability to convey it in fast-moving, earthy prose have madeLiving Poora classic. "Hilariously funny at times, grimly sad at others and elavened with perceptive insights into the ways of the people and with breathtaking descriptions of the Ecuadorian landscape."-St. Louis Post-Dispatch


Living Poor; a Peace Corps Chronicle
Language: en
Pages: 330

Living Poor; a Peace Corps Chronicle

Authors: Moritz Thomsen
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 1969 - Publisher: University of Washington Press

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At the age of 48, Moritz Thomsen sold his pig farm and joined the Peace Corps. As he tells the story, his awareness of the comic elements in the human situation
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