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The Gringo: A Memoir
Contributor(s): Crawford, J. Grigsby (Author)

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 ISBN: 0988482274     ISBN-13: 9780988482272
Publisher: Wild Elephant Press
OUR PRICE: $8.83  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: December 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Travel | South America - Ecuador & Galapagos Islands
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2012951864
Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" L (0.68 lbs) 240 pages
Features: Illustrated
 
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Within weeks of arriving as a volunteer in a remote corner of South America, Crawford got a lot more than he bargained for: a narrow escape from a kidnapping plot hatched by the people he was sent there to help. Then things only got stranger.

In his quest to find adventure, Crawford undertook a savage journey of danger, drugs, sex, and alarming illness. What resulted is The Gringo: one part literary tale of two lonely years in the Amazon jungle and one part gonzo-journalism account of life in the Peace Corps, an agency wandering aimlessly through the twenty-first century. Filled with sharp humor and eye-opening observations about the human condition, this is an unforgettable story that grabs the reader and doesn't let go.
 
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