Experience books — D

PEACE CORPS EXPERIENCE BOOKS — D

 

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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

(formerly Zaire)

Send Me No Ants
Cynthia Helen Beecher  (Zaire 1982-85)
Finishing Line Press
Peace Corps poetry

The Ivory Crocodile
Eileen A. Drew (Zaire 1979-81)
Coffee House Press, 1996
Peace Corps novel

Letters from Zaire: A Peace Corps Life in Africa
John  Jochum (Zaire 1975–79)
Winepress, Pub.
Peace Corps letters

Heart of Lightness: Experiences of a Peace Corps Volunteer in Africa
Anne Grimshaw Kempers (Zaire 1976-78)
Peter E. Randall, Pub., 1993
Peace Corps memoir

Fever! and other stories from The Land of Mobutu
Peter  Loan (Staff— CD Zaire 1976-79; Washington)
Peace Corps Writers, 2020
Peace Corps stories

Things Are Different in Africa: A Memoir of Dangers and Adventures in the Congo Frederick Edward Pitts (Congo, Mali 1992-93 1992-93)
iUniverse Press, 2004
Peace Corps memoir

I Want This World
Margaret C. Szumowski (Zaire 1973-74, Ethiopia 1974-75)
Tupelo Press, 2001
Peace Corps poetry

The Ponds of Kalambayi: An African Sojourn
Mike  Tidwell (Zaire 1985-87)
Lyons & Burford, 1990, 1996
Peace Corps memoir

A Life Unimagined: The Rewards of Mission-Driven Service in the Peace Corps and Beyond
Aaron S. Williams (Dominican Republic 1968-71)
UW/Madison, International Division
Memoir with portion on the Peace Corps

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

There Comes A Time
Terry  Campbell  (Tanzania 1985-87; Dominican Republic 1989-92; Crisis Corps El Salvador 2001-02)
Self published, 2005
Peace Corps memoir

Traveling Uncharted Paths: A Tale of Two Retirees & the Peace Corps
Lew & Fran Gottfried (Dominican Republic 1965-67)
Lima, OH: Fairway Press, 1992
Peace Corps memoir

Throwing Rocks at the Moon: Loud, Hot, and Sweaty in the Dominican Republic
Zachary M. Gerth (Dominican Republic 2010-12)
BlueShoo, 2015
Peace Corps memoir

The Spirit of the Volunteer: The Journey of My Peace Corps Service
Roger A. Harding (Dominican Republic 1993–96)
Knowledge Power Books, 2019
Peace Corps memoir

Step To Freedom: A Peace Corps Memoir of the Dominican Republic
Joseph F. Zuiker (Dominican Republic 1965-67)
Zuiker Chronicles, 2005
Peace Corps memoir

 

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