Heart of palms :: my Peace Corps years in Tranquilla /
Heart of Palms is a clear-eyed memoir of Peace Corps service in the rural Panamanian village of Tranquilla through the eyes of a young American woman trained as a community forester. In the storied fifty-year history of the US Peace Corps, Heart of Palms is the first Peace Corps memoir set in Panama...
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Zusammenfassung: | Heart of Palms is a clear-eyed memoir of Peace Corps service in the rural Panamanian village of Tranquilla through the eyes of a young American woman trained as a community forester. In the storied fifty-year history of the US Peace Corps, Heart of Palms is the first Peace Corps memoir set in Panama, the slender isthmus that connects two continents and two oceans. In her memoir, Meredith Cornett transports readers to the remote village of Tranquilla, where dugout canoes are the mainstay of daily transportation, life and nature are permeated by witchcraft, and a restful night's sleep may be dist. |
Beschreibung: | 1 online resource |
Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 9780817387402 0817387404 |
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contents | Plant species mentioned in the text -- Introduction -- Part I. Seed (germination): July-December 1991 -- Armando -- Platano -- Papaya -- Teca -- Exploracion -- Agua -- Posadas -- Part II. Seedling (taking root): January-June 1992 -- Brujeria -- Limon -- Todo el mundo -- Acacia -- Hormigas -- Palmas -- Part III. Sapling (establishment): July-December 1992 -- Recursos naturales -- Donde el gringo -- La operacion -- Victor Venenoso -- Salud -- Leucaena -- Boa -- Part IV. Tree (harvest): January-June 1993 -- Demonstracion -- Almejas -- Quinceanera -- Lorena -- Miel -- Bosque -- Despedida -- Epilogue. |
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spelling | Cornett, Meredith W., 1968- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjwBgqkrXB4BwBtfgpPQmd http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2013052181 Heart of palms : my Peace Corps years in Tranquilla / Meredith W. Cornett ; foreword by Florence Reed. Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, 2014. 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. Plant species mentioned in the text -- Introduction -- Part I. Seed (germination): July-December 1991 -- Armando -- Platano -- Papaya -- Teca -- Exploracion -- Agua -- Posadas -- Part II. Seedling (taking root): January-June 1992 -- Brujeria -- Limon -- Todo el mundo -- Acacia -- Hormigas -- Palmas -- Part III. Sapling (establishment): July-December 1992 -- Recursos naturales -- Donde el gringo -- La operacion -- Victor Venenoso -- Salud -- Leucaena -- Boa -- Part IV. Tree (harvest): January-June 1993 -- Demonstracion -- Almejas -- Quinceanera -- Lorena -- Miel -- Bosque -- Despedida -- Epilogue. Print version record. Heart of Palms is a clear-eyed memoir of Peace Corps service in the rural Panamanian village of Tranquilla through the eyes of a young American woman trained as a community forester. In the storied fifty-year history of the US Peace Corps, Heart of Palms is the first Peace Corps memoir set in Panama, the slender isthmus that connects two continents and two oceans. In her memoir, Meredith Cornett transports readers to the remote village of Tranquilla, where dugout canoes are the mainstay of daily transportation, life and nature are permeated by witchcraft, and a restful night's sleep may be dist. Cornett, Meredith W., 1968- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2013052181 Peace Corps (U.S.) Biography. Cornett, Meredith W., 1968- fast Peace Corps (U.S.) fast Rain forest ecology Panama History 20th century. Rain forest ecology Panama San Vicente de la Tranquilla History 20th century. Women ecologists Panama Biography. Americans Panama Biography. Panama Environmental conditions. San Vicente de la Tranquilla (Panama) Environmental conditions. San Vicente de la Tranquilla (Panama) Social life and customs. San Vicente de la Tranquilla (Panama) Biography. Écologie des forêts pluviales Panamá Histoire 20e siècle. Femmes écologistes Panamá Biographies. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Science & Technology. bisacsh NATURE Ecology. bisacsh NATURE Ecosystems & Habitats Wilderness. bisacsh SCIENCE Environmental Science. bisacsh SCIENCE Life Sciences Ecology. bisacsh Americans fast Ecology fast Manners and customs fast Rain forest ecology fast Women ecologists fast Panama fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdx9kJcd7ywkt4hGVxv73 1900-1999 fast collective biographies. aat autobiographies (literary works) aat Autobiographies fast Biographies fast History fast Autobiographies. lcgft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026047 Biographies. lcgft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026049 Autobiographies. rvmgf Biographies. rvmgf has work: Heart of palms (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFTPRMC8DYVvtQkJ3RtPDC https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Cornett, Meredith W., 1968- Heart of palms 9780817318185 (DLC) 2013029836 (OCoLC)856647631 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=697901 Volltext |
spellingShingle | Cornett, Meredith W., 1968- Heart of palms : my Peace Corps years in Tranquilla / Plant species mentioned in the text -- Introduction -- Part I. Seed (germination): July-December 1991 -- Armando -- Platano -- Papaya -- Teca -- Exploracion -- Agua -- Posadas -- Part II. Seedling (taking root): January-June 1992 -- Brujeria -- Limon -- Todo el mundo -- Acacia -- Hormigas -- Palmas -- Part III. Sapling (establishment): July-December 1992 -- Recursos naturales -- Donde el gringo -- La operacion -- Victor Venenoso -- Salud -- Leucaena -- Boa -- Part IV. Tree (harvest): January-June 1993 -- Demonstracion -- Almejas -- Quinceanera -- Lorena -- Miel -- Bosque -- Despedida -- Epilogue. Cornett, Meredith W., 1968- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2013052181 Peace Corps (U.S.) Biography. Cornett, Meredith W., 1968- fast Peace Corps (U.S.) fast Rain forest ecology Panama History 20th century. Rain forest ecology Panama San Vicente de la Tranquilla History 20th century. Women ecologists Panama Biography. Americans Panama Biography. Écologie des forêts pluviales Panamá Histoire 20e siècle. Femmes écologistes Panamá Biographies. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Science & Technology. bisacsh NATURE Ecology. bisacsh NATURE Ecosystems & Habitats Wilderness. bisacsh SCIENCE Environmental Science. bisacsh SCIENCE Life Sciences Ecology. bisacsh Americans fast Ecology fast Manners and customs fast Rain forest ecology fast Women ecologists fast |
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title | Heart of palms : my Peace Corps years in Tranquilla / |
title_auth | Heart of palms : my Peace Corps years in Tranquilla / |
title_exact_search | Heart of palms : my Peace Corps years in Tranquilla / |
title_full | Heart of palms : my Peace Corps years in Tranquilla / Meredith W. Cornett ; foreword by Florence Reed. |
title_fullStr | Heart of palms : my Peace Corps years in Tranquilla / Meredith W. Cornett ; foreword by Florence Reed. |
title_full_unstemmed | Heart of palms : my Peace Corps years in Tranquilla / Meredith W. Cornett ; foreword by Florence Reed. |
title_short | Heart of palms : |
title_sort | heart of palms my peace corps years in tranquilla |
title_sub | my Peace Corps years in Tranquilla / |
topic | Cornett, Meredith W., 1968- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2013052181 Peace Corps (U.S.) Biography. Cornett, Meredith W., 1968- fast Peace Corps (U.S.) fast Rain forest ecology Panama History 20th century. Rain forest ecology Panama San Vicente de la Tranquilla History 20th century. Women ecologists Panama Biography. Americans Panama Biography. Écologie des forêts pluviales Panamá Histoire 20e siècle. Femmes écologistes Panamá Biographies. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Science & Technology. bisacsh NATURE Ecology. bisacsh NATURE Ecosystems & Habitats Wilderness. bisacsh SCIENCE Environmental Science. bisacsh SCIENCE Life Sciences Ecology. bisacsh Americans fast Ecology fast Manners and customs fast Rain forest ecology fast Women ecologists fast |
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