Gather the Fruit One by One: 50 Years of Amazing Peace Corps Stories: Volume Two: The Americas

by Pat Alter (Editor), Bernie Alter

Take some Inca, Aztec, Maya, and Moche, mix in Spanish, French, English, Dutch and Danish, stir it to the rhythmic beat of Africa and what do you get? A zesty brew, expressed in a callaloo soup of language, food, music, and religion. So much passion, so much sorrow. What seems familiar in the Americas often is not. For Peace Corps Volunteers, there is nothing to do but learn the language, roll up their sleeves, and get busy working alongside strangers who steal their hearts away. These stories take you on overland journeys to the Amazon Basin, into a village in Honduras terrorized by insurgent forces, and to the ball fields of Ecuador for an unusual game of "beisbol."

352 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2011

Reviews

[Alanna · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm slightly biased about this book and give it 5 stars. I am a contributing author to this book!

[Beth Riley · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a wonderful collection of Peace Corps stories. Young Americans wanting to leave the world better off than they found it. We need more people to work at making community and building people up than self centered living.