Heart of palms : my Peace Corps years in Tranquilla /

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Heart of Palms is a clear-eyed memoir of Peace Corps service in the rural Panamanian village of Tranquilla through the eyes of a young American woman trained as a community forester. In the storied fifty-year history of the US Peace Corps, Heart of Palms is the first Peace Corps memoir set in Panama...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cornett, Meredith W., 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, 2014.
Temas:
Cornett, Meredith W., > 1968-
Peace Corps (U.S.) > Biography.
Peace Corps (U.S.)
1900-1999
Rain forest ecology > Panama > History > 20th century.
Rain forest ecology > Panama > San Vicente de la Tranquilla > History > 20th century.
Women ecologists > Panama > Biography.
Americans > Panama > Biography.
Écologie des forêts pluviales > Panamá > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Femmes écologistes > Panamá > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
NATURE > Ecology.
NATURE > Ecosystems & Habitats > Wilderness.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Ecology.
Americans
Ecology
Manners and customs
Rain forest ecology
Women ecologists
Panama > Environmental conditions.
San Vicente de la Tranquilla (Panama) > Environmental conditions.
San Vicente de la Tranquilla (Panama) > Social life and customs.
San Vicente de la Tranquilla (Panama) > Biography.
Panama
collective biographies.
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
History
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Heart of Palms is a clear-eyed memoir of Peace Corps service in the rural Panamanian village of Tranquilla through the eyes of a young American woman trained as a community forester. In the storied fifty-year history of the US Peace Corps, Heart of Palms is the first Peace Corps memoir set in Panama, the slender isthmus that connects two continents and two oceans. In her memoir, Meredith Cornett transports readers to the remote village of Tranquilla, where dugout canoes are the mainstay of daily transportation, life and nature are permeated by witchcraft, and a restful night's sleep may be dist.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780817387402
0817387404

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