PEACE CORPS EXPERIENCE BOOKS — U
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UGANDA
The Shattered Pearl: An Odyssey of Service, Savagery and Survival
Sara McWright Armstrong (Uganda 1966–68)
Trafford Publishers, 2002
Peace Corps memoir
Somehow: Living on Uganda Time
Douglas Cruickshank (Uganda 2009–12)
Verflectin Media, 2013
Peace Corps essays and photography
Tales from A Muzungu
by Nicholas Duncan (Uganda 2010–12)
Peace Corps Writers, 2014
Peace Corps memoir
From Gulu with Love
Ursula J. Foster (Uganda 2001–03, 2010–12)
Independently published, 2021
Peace Corps letters
The Impenetrable Forest
Thor Hanson (Uganda 1993–95)
iUniverse, 2000; 1500 Books, 2008
Peace Corps memoir
A Midlife Crisis in Africa: My Misadventures in the Peace Corps
Lonnie Hughes (Uganda 2006–08)
Independently published, 2018
Peace Corps memoir
There and Back Again… And There Again…And Back Again: Adventures in the Peace Corps
Carl Muhlhausen (Uganda 1972–74, 2013–15)
Independently published 2021
Peace Corps memoir
A Pearl Beyond Price: Uganda Before Idi Amin
Rich Nemanich (Uganda 196_ – )
Pannonica Press, 2014
Peace Corps memoir
I Miss the Rain in Africa: Peace Corps as a Third Act
Nancy Daniel Wesson (Uganda 2011-13)
Modern History Press, 2021
Peace Corps memoir
The Tide: A Peace Corps volunteer living in the aftermath of Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army
Joshua Zakary (Uganda 2009–2011)
Independently published 2012
Peace Corps memoir
UKRAINE
Just Say Yes: 27 Months in Peace Corps – Ukraine
Philip Arnold (Ukraine 2006–08) with Carol Arnold (Ukraine 2006–08)
Independently published 2014
Peace Corps memoirs
Singing on the Heavy Side of the World: A Peace Corps Ukraine Story
John P. Deever (Ukraine 1993–95)
Xlibris, 2002
Peace Corps memoir
Around the World in 857 Days
Edward Gibney (Ukraine 2003–05)
Lulu, 2005
Peace Corps memoir
Awkward Stumbles and Fuzzy Memories: Memoir of a Peace Corps Volunteer: Memoir of a Peace Corps Volunteer
Kathy Ivchenko (Ukraine 1994-96; 2000-01)
Independently published, 2021
Peace Corps memoir
27 Months in the Peace Corps: My Story, Unvarnished
John Guy LaPlante (Ukraine 2007–2010)
Infinity Publishing, 2011
Peace Corps memoir
I Miss the Rain in Africa: Peace Corps as a Third Act
by Nancy Daniel Wesson (Uganda 2011-13)
Modern History Press, 2021
Peace Corps memoir
UPPER VOLTA
(see BURKINA FASO)
UZBEKISTAN
Uzbekistan: A Short Road Traveled – My Peace Corps Experience, 2001
William Duncan (Uzbekistan 2001)
Artifactman Publisheing, 2005
Peace Corps memoir
Taxi to Tashkent: Two Years with the Peace Corps in Uzbekistan
Tom Fleming (Uzbekistan 2003-05)
Independently published, 2007
Peace Corps memoir