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The gringoJ. Grigsby Crawford

The gringo

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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"--Page 4 of cover.

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  • Other · English · 2013
    Wild Elephent Press · 225 pages · 9780988482272
TravelBiographyEcotourismDescription and travelPeace Corps (U.S.)