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At the age of 48, the author sold his pig farm and joined the Peace Corps. This title presents his story.

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"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 *

"Moritz Thomsen's Living Poor: A Peace Corps Chronicle was one of the first published accounts by a Peace Corps volunteer; it remains one of the best. And if you're going to just read one book on the topic, make it this one. It's realistic, painful, and somehow ennobling in its descriptions of Peace Corps life in Ecuador."

-- Nancy Pearl * Book Lust to Go *

Living Poor A Peace Corps Chronicle

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      Publisher: University of Washington Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/04/1990
      ISBN13: 9780295969282, 978-0295969282
      ISBN10: 0295969288

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      At the age of 48, the author sold his pig farm and joined the Peace Corps. This title presents his story.

      Trade Review

      "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 *

      "Moritz Thomsen's Living Poor: A Peace Corps Chronicle was one of the first published accounts by a Peace Corps volunteer; it remains one of the best. And if you're going to just read one book on the topic, make it this one. It's realistic, painful, and somehow ennobling in its descriptions of Peace Corps life in Ecuador."

      -- Nancy Pearl * Book Lust to Go *

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