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Living Poor

by Moritz Thomsen

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Publisher Comments:

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 made Living Poor a classic.<P>"Hilariously funny at times, grimly sad at others and leavened with perceptive insights into the ways of the people and with breathtaking descriptions of the Ecuadorian landscape". — St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Product Details

ISBN:
9780295969282
Subtitle:
A Peace Corps Chronicle
Author:
Thomsen, Moritz
Publisher:
University of Washington Press
Location:
Seattle :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Sociology - General
Subject:
International Relations
Subject:
Government and political science
Subject:
Peace Corps (U.S.)
Edition Number:
1st pbk. ed.
Edition Description:
Paperback
Series Volume:
no. 91
Publication Date:
December 1991
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
280
Dimensions:
9.03x6.00x.94 in. 1.07 lbs.

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