| From Kabul to Dakar: Peace Corps Stories from the Rossmoor News Contributor(s): Hergert, Douglas (Author) |
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ISBN: 1500191213 ISBN-13: 9781500191214 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $6.65 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Adventurers & Explorers |
| Physical Information: 0.18" H x 5" W x 7.99" (0.20 lbs) 74 pages |
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| Publisher Description: In 1974, Douglas Hergert landed in Kabul, Afghanistan, to begin what would become a five-year, two-country tour in the Peace Corps. He lived and worked for two years in Afghanistan - when the country was still a peaceful and beautiful place to visit. Then he transferred to S n gal, in West Africa. During his Peace Corps years, Hergert had great adventures, which, now many years later, he shares with humor and warm attention to detail: -Living in a mud house in rural Afghanistan -Attending a village Afghan wedding -Learning to barter in Pashto in the bazaars of Afghanistan -Eating in a kabaab shop in Kandahar, the only foreigner present -Experiencing an earthquake in southern Afghanistan -Teaching at the University of Dakar -Getting married at the Cathedral of Dakar -Shopping for a Thanksgiving turkey in Kaolack, S n gal -Mastering the art of S n galese cuisine -Living with the mysteries of cross-linguistic meaning -Nurturing an African son |