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heart of palms : MY PEACE CORPS YEARS IN TRANQUILLA
- Title
- heart of palms : MY PEACE CORPS YEARS IN TRANQUILLA / Meredith W. Cornett ; foreword by Florence Reed.
- Author
- Cornett, Meredith W., 1968-
- Publication
- Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, [2014].
- ©2014
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 152 pages; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Americans > Panama > Biography
- Peace Corps (U.S.) Biography
- Cornett, Meredith W., 1968-
- San Vicente de la Tranquilla (Panama) > Environmental conditions
- San Vicente de la Tranquilla (Panama) > Social life and customs
- Rain forest ecology > Panama > San Vicente de la Tranquilla > History > 20th century
- San Vicente de la Tranquilla (Panama) > Biography
- Women ecologists > Panama > Biography
- Rain forest ecology > Panama > History > 20th century
- Panama > Environmental conditions
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-5589
- ISBN
- 9780817318185 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
- 0817318186 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
- 0817387404 (electronic bk.)
- 9780817387402 (electronic bk.)
- 9780817387402 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2013029836
- OCLC
- 856647631
- Author
- Cornett, Meredith W., 1968-
- Title
- heart of palms : MY PEACE CORPS YEARS IN TRANQUILLA / Meredith W. Cornett ; foreword by Florence Reed.
- Publisher
- Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University of Alabama Press, [2014].
- Copyright Date
- ©2014
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 15-5589