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Heart of Palms: My Peace Corps Years in Tranquilla
Dr. Meredith W. Cornett Ph.D.
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Description for Heart of Palms: My Peace Corps Years in Tranquilla
Hardcover. "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. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCP; BM; RGBL; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 417.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Alabama Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817318185
SKU
V9780817318185
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About Dr. Meredith W. Cornett Ph.D.
Meredith W. Cornett is the director of conservation science for The Nature Conservancy in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. She also serves as a senior faculty member in the Conservation Biology Programme and an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Forest Resources at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Cornett has authored or coauthored many scholarly papers. ... Read more
Reviews for Heart of Palms: My Peace Corps Years in Tranquilla
“Heart of Palms is a beautiful story brimming with hope - but hope that remains tantalizingly out of reach. . . . Expecting a fairy-tale assignment, meredith’s new world - at times wondrous and at times frightening - slowly unravels into complications as her myopia recedes and she begins to fully see the people, politics, and heartbeat ... Read more