Writer Larry Lihosit, who lives in Madera, California, is an urban planner who served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Cedros and La Ceiba Honduras from 1975 to 1977 where he also worked as an urban planner. He has self-published eight books in the genre of memoir, travel and poetry including the three books featured below.
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Jesus Was Arrested in Mexico City and Missed the Wedding
Travel narrative, non-fiction, trade paperback
Madera, CA: A Book Company
2008
96 pages
$19.00
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Accompanied by his wife and sister-in-law, the author travels to fabled Mexico City for a wedding. At least, his wife and her sister do. The author seeks reconciliation with an old friend, a compadre and comrade in a long forgotten political battle. His journey back and forth across one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the Americas becomes a backdrop for a vivid picture of rich and poor immediately following a near economic meltdown in 1987. This is a must read for anyone interested in Mexico because the Land of Eternal Spring ain’t for amateurs.
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Across the Yucatan
Travel narrative, non-fiction, trade paperback
Madera, CA: A Book Company
96 pages
$19.00
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In 2004 the author’s wife responds to an unexpected windfall with one word, “México” and an adventure is launched. Past his prime and definitely not in fighting trim, the author sets out with his two teenage sons “across the Yucatan.” Together, the three climb ancient Mayan pyramids, snorkel in the Caribbean, explore underground caverns filled with pottery and wall paintings from a lost civilization, and wander through modern Mexican hamlets, villages, towns, and cities. This is a story for anyone who has traveled or even, for those who hope to travel.
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Attack of the Claw
Poetry, narrative, non-fiction, trade paperback
Madera, CA: A Book Company
64 pages
$16.00
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What is happening in the classroom? The author wanted to know so he earned a teaching credential at night about the time the U.S. Congress passed “No Child Left Behind” legislation. Lihosit stepped into the classroom at its inception and this book describes his classroom to classroom odyssey. Don’t get left behind.
