PEACE CORPS EXPERIENCE BOOKS — G
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GABON
How to Cook a Crocodile: A Memoir with Recipes
Bonnie Lee Black (Gabon 1996–98)
Peace Corps Writers, 2010
Peace Corps memoir
Glimpses through the Forest: Memories of Gabon
Jason Gray (Gabon 2002–2004)
Peace Corps Writers, 2013
Peace Corps memoir
Tanga: A Novel of Forbidden Love in An African Village
Eric Madeen (Gabon )
IUniverse, 2009
Peace Corps novel
Adventures in Gabon: Peace Corps Stories from the African Rainforest
edited by Darcy Munson Meijer (Gabon 1982–84)
Peace Corps Writers, 2011
Peace Corps essay collection
Souled Out: A Memoir of War and Inner Peace
Michael S. Orban (Gabon 1976–78)
Minute Man Press, 2007
Peace Corps memoir
A Dancer’s Guide to Africa
Terez Mertes Rose (Gabon 1985–87)
Classical Girl Press, 2018
Peace Corps memoir
Au GabonMemoirs by a Peace Corps Volunteer in Central Africa
Jonathon Shacat (Gabon 1998–2000)
Kindle, 2012
Peace Corps memoir
Au Gabon: More Memoirs by a Peace Corps Volunteer in Central Africa
Jonathon Shacat (Gabon 1998–2000)
Kindle, 2013
Peace Corps memoir
Au Gabon: Additional Memoirs by a Peace Corps Volunteer in Central Africa
Jonathon Shacat (Gabon 1998–2000)
Kindle, 2014
Peace Corps memoir
The Toughest Job I Ever Loved: A Peace Corps Memoir
Jonathon Shacat (Gabon 1998–2000)
Self published, 2017
Peace Corps memoir
One Degree South
by Stephen L Snook (Gabon 1980–81; 1983–85)
Rocket Science Press, 2014
Peace Corps novel
GAMBIA
From and To: Friends, Loves and Peace Corps
Dolores Beasley (The Gambia 1983–85)
iUniverse 2007
Peace Corps letters
Tubob: Two Years in West Africa with the Peace Corps
Mary E. Trimble (The Gambia 1979–1981)
ShelterGraphics, 2012
Peace Corps memoir
Lattitude Adjustment: A Humorously Honest Look Back at a Mind Altering, Life Changing Peace Corps Experience in The Gambia, West Africa
Stephen Shawn Walker (The Gambia 1997- )
Independently published, 2019
Peace Corps memoir
GHANA
You Try Paa: A Love Song in Translation
Cynthia Ann Caul (Ghana 2008–10)
Independently published
Peace Corps poetry
The Advocacy
Melissa Fischer (Ghana 1992–94)
Kilometer Thirteen
Peace Corps novel
Glen: A Novel
Richard Fordyce (Ghana 1978–80)
iUniverse, 2008
Peace Corps novel
On the Wide African Plain: And Other Stories of Africa
Richard Fordyce (Ghana 1978–80)
Merrimack Media, 2016
Peace Corps short stories
Africa Adventures: In the Peace Corps, 1975-1977
Kyle Forinash (Ghana 1975–77)
Independently published, 2013
Peace Corps memoir
Turquoise: Three Years in Ghana: a Peace Corps Memoir
Lawrence M. Grobel (Ghana 1968-71)
Independently published, 2022
Peace Corps memoir
You Show Me Yours: A Writer’s Journey from Brooklyn to Hollywood via 5 continents, 30 years, and the Incomparable Sixties
Lawrence M. Grobel (Ghana 1968-71)
Independently published, 2014
Peace Corps memoir
Last Lorry to Mbordo: Misadventures in Nation Building
John C. Kennedy (Ghana 1965–68 )
Trafford Publishing, 2006
Peace Corps novel
Being First: An Informal History of the Early Peace Corps
Robert Klein (Ghana 1961–63)
Wheatmark, 2010
Peace Corps memoir
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Bill
William H. Peck (Ghana 1984–86)
Bagdad, AZ: Hermit’s Cave Press, 1998
Peace Corps memoir
One Man’s Life
Mal Singer (Ghana 1969-70)
Independently published 2017
Memoir with section on the Peace Corps
Where to, Black Man: An American Negro’s African Diary
Ed Smith (Ghana 1962–64)
Chicago: Quadrangle, 1967
Peace Corps memoir
Letters from Ghana 1968-1970
Jon Thiem (Ghana 1968–70) — editor
Peace Corps Writers, 2013
Peace Corps letters/journals
To the Peace Corps, with Love
Arnold Zeitlin (Ghana 1961–63)
Doubleday, 1965
Peace Corps memoir
GUATEMALA
The River of Lost Voices: Stories from Guatemala
Mark Brazaiitis (Guatemala 1991–93)
University of Iowa Press, 1998
Peace Corps short stories
Margarita: A Guatemalan Peace Corps Experience
Marjorie DeMoss Casebolt (Guatemala)
Red Apple Publishing, 2000
Peace Corps memoir
No Ghosts in the Graveyard: The Life-Time Adventures of A Small- Town Oregon Boy
Bob Crites (Guatemala 1978-80)
Independently published 2021
Memoir with section on the Peace Corps
Hispanic Heritage: My Journey From New Mexico to the Mountains of Central America
Ronny Jose Diaz (Guatemala)
Independently published, 2018
Peace Corps memoir
Fiesta of Sunset: The Peace Corps, Guatemala and A Search for Truth
Taylor Mills Dibbert (Guatemala 2006–08)
iUniverse, 2011
Peace Corps memoir
Your Hand in My Hand: The Memoirs of a Former Peace Corps Volunteer
Tim Flaherty (Guatemala 1974–76)
Independently published, 2023
Peace Corps memoir
Guatemala One: A Journal of the First Peace Corps Project
George L. Gurney (Guatemala 1962–63)
Independently published, 2012
Peace Corps letters/journals
When I Was Elena
Ellen Urbani Hiltebrand (Guatemala 1991–93)
Permanent Press, 2006
Peace Corps memoir
Mud Stoves & Strawberry JamA Peace Corps Experience
Sally L Morrissey (Guatemala 1983-85)
Roy Paul Press 1994
Peace Corps memoir
Walking with Evaristo: A Memoir of Celebration and Tragedy in the Land of the AchÍ Maya
Christian Nill (Guatemala 1978–82)
Peace Corps Writers 2024
Peace corps memoir
Off the Beaten Path: An Accounting of A Peace Corps Experience
Dennis Ogden (Guatemala 1987–90)
Xlibris Corp., 2001
Peace Corps memoir
Different Latitudes: My Life in the Peace Corps and Beyond
Mark Walker (Guatemala 1971–73)
Peace Corps Writers, 2017
Peace Corps creative non-fiction
A Call to Serve: A Story of Faith and Adventure in the Peace Corps
Kenneth Watt (Guatemala 1988–91), with Irma Sandoval-Watt, editor
Independently published, 2014
Peace Corps memoir
Recollections of Our Peace Corps Service, 1963-1965: Kick-Off, Life in Guatemala, and Afterwards
Ramona Whaley (Guatemala 1963–65), author; David S. Smits (Guatemala 1963–65), editor
Peace Corps Writers, 2012
Peace Corps essay collection
GUINEA
Riverblindness in Africa: Taming the Lion’s Stare
Bruce Benton (Guinea 1964–66)
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020
Peace Corps memoir
You Can’t Always Get Where You Want:: A collection of stories, adventures, and lessons from a land far, far away that few have heard of and even fewer will visit
Nicholas DeMassi (Guinea 2017–19)
Independently published, 2020
Peace Corps true stories
My Life in the Peace Corps: Letters home from Guinea, West Africa, and the toughest job you’ll ever love
Chad Engkilterra (Guinea 1998-2000)
Independently published, 2020
Peace Corps letters
GUYANA
Champion of the Underdog: How Life’s Difficulties Inspired Me to Serve in the Peace Corps
Rodney Black (Guyana 1997–99)
Independently published 2021
Peace Corps memoir