January-February 2013 Books by Peace Corps Writers

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The Market Bowl
(Ages 5–8, set in Cameroon)
by Jim Averbeck (Cameroon 1990–94)
Charlesbridge
$16.95 (hardcover)
32 pages
2013

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Hard as Kerosene
(Peace Corps novel)
by Aaron Barlow (Togo 1988–90)
Peace Corps Writers Book
$9.95 (paperback), $1.99 (Kindle)
268 pages
January 2013

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Strange Borderlands
(Poems)
by Ben Berman (Zimbabwe 1998-2000)
Able Muse Press
$18.95 (paperback), $9.99 (Kindle)
104 pages
January 2013

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The Gringo: A Memoir
by J. Grigsby Crawford (Ecuador 2009–11)
Wild Elephant Press
$15.95 (paperback), $9.99 (Kindle)
225 pages
2013

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Pit Stop in the Paris of Africa
by Julie R. Dargis (Morocco 1984–87)
Indie House Press
$14.95 (paperback), $7.49 (Kindle)
258 pages
2013

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Lure of Service: My Peace Corps Adventures at Middle Age
by Diane Shugrue Gallagher (Cape Verde 1990–92)
Self-Published
$16.95 ($21.00 including s+h)
253 pages
2012

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Guatemala One:  A Journal of the First Peace Corps Project
by George Gurney (1962–63)
Self-Published
$10.95 (paperback)
255 pages
2011

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. . . and four to go
(Four Short Stories)
by George Gurney (Guatemala 1962–63)
Selp-published
$8.95
159 pages
2010

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Brick Manly’s Cookbook for the Cullinarily Challenged
by George Gurney (Guatemala 1962-63) and Ssgt. Brick Manly
CreateSpace
$6.95 (paperback)
116 pages
November 2012

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Death to the Rescue: A Twisting Creek Mystery
by R J Huddy (Morocco 1981–83)
Peace Corps Writers Book
$15.95 (paperback), $.99 (Kindle)
332 pages
October 2012

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The Liberia One Storybook: The First Peace Corps Volunteers to Liberia Tell Their Stories
Edited by Geraldine Kennedy (1962–64)
Clover Park Press
$22.00
114 pages
2012

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The Ride
by Dean Mahon (Cameroon 1974–78)
CreateSpace
$$6.99 (paperback), $2.99 (Kindle)
168 pages
October 2012

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Imagonna: Peace Corps Memories
by Julian Weldon Martin (Nigeria 1961–63)
Createspace
$10.00 (paperback)
240 pages
August 2012

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Song of San Francisco
(poems)
Ed Mycue (Ghana 1961–63)
Spectacular Diseases Press
$10.00 (paperback)
18 pages
2012

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Clan MacKinnon and Clan Orr
by Steven D. Orr (Panama 1964-66)
PublishAmerica
$16.95 (paperback), $9.99 (Kindle)
54 pages
2012

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Slings & Slingstones: The Forgotten Weapons of Oceania and the Americas
by Gigi (Georgia Ann Grover) York (India 1964–66) and Robert York
Kent State University Press
$55.00 (hardcover)
196 pages
January 2012