Recent books by Peace Corps writers — July 2003

Great Lakes Nature
An Outdoor Year

by Mary Blocksma (Nigeria 1965–67), illustrated by Robin Wilt
University of Michigan Press
June, 2003
336 pages
$19.95

What's on the Beach?
A Great Lakes Treasure Hunt

by Mary Blocksma (Nigeria 1965–67)
Beaver Island Arts
May, 2003
48 pages
$9.95

Round Lake Erie
A Bicyclist’s Tour Guide

(2nd edition)
by Harvey Botzman (Kenya 1966–69)
Cyclotour Guide Books
February, 2003
156 pages
$24.95

Two Years in the Kingdom
The Adventures of an American Peace Corps Volunteer in Thailand

(Peace Corps experience)
by Blaine L. Comeaux (Thailand 1997–99)
iUniverse: Writers Club Press
November, 2002
276 pages
$15.95

Filet of Sohl
The Classic Scripts and Stories of Jerry Sohl

edited by Christopher Conlon (Botswana 1988–90))
BearManor Media
April 2003
261 pages
$16.95

Gilbert & Garbo In Love
A Romance in Poems
by Christopher Conlon (Botswana 1988–90)
The Word Works, Inc.
April, 2003
87 pages
$10.00

Souvenirs de Nancy
A Peace Corps Martyr
(Peace Corps experience)
(reissue)
by Nancy Coutu (Madagascar 1994–96), edited by Connie Coutu
Faithworks
August, 2002
366 pages
$14.95

Imagine a House
A Journey to Fascinating Houses around the World
(children)
by Angela Gustafson (Dominican Republic (1994–96)
Out of the Box
September 2003
32 pages
$16.95

Birding in Seattle and King County
Site Guide and Annotated Lists
(second edition)
by Eugene Hunn (Ethiopia 1964–66)
Seattle Audobon Society
June, 2003
$7.95

Last Lorry to Mbordo
Misadventures in Nation Building

(novel)
by John C. Kennedy (Ghana 1965–68)
Trafford
April, 2003
274 pages
$19.95

Creative Recollection of a Foreign Service Life
(short stories and reflections)
by Mary Cameron Kilgour (Philippines 1962–64)
self-published
May 2003
64 pages
$10 mailed within the U.S.
     Order from the author at:
     4442 SW 85th Way, Gainesville, FL 32608

Know It by Heart
by Karl Luntta (Botswana 1977–80)
Curbstone Press
June, 2003
256 pages
$15.95

A Way Was Opened
A Memoir

by Ruth Brunk Stoltzfus with Eve MacMaster (Turkey 1963–65)
Herald Press
January, 2003
$24.99

Ties That Bind
by Phillip Margolin (Liberia 1965–67)
HarperColins Publishers
352 pages
March 2003
$25.95

Morality Tales
Law and Gender in the Ottoman Court of Aintab
by Leslie Peirce (Turkey 1964–66)
University of California Press
521 pages
June 2003
$29.95

Pioneering Paths in the Study of Families
The Lives and Careers of Family Scholars
edited by Gary W. Peterson (Nigeria 1965–67) and Suzanne K. Steinmetz
Haworth Press
February, 2003
906 pages

Should Have Just Stayed Home
The Worst Trips of Great Writers
(travel stories)
edited by Roger Rapoport and Bob Drews
Contributors: Tina Martin (Tonga 1969–71), Paul Theroux (Malawi 1963–65)
RDR Books
April 2003
275 pages
$17.95

Glory in a Camel’s Eye
Trekking Through the Moroccan Sahara
by Jeffrey Tayler (Morocco 1988–90; PC Staff/Poland 1992, Uzbekistan 1992–93)
Houghton Mifflin Co.
245 pages
2003
$25.00
NOTE: Published in the U.K. as Valley of the Casbahs: A Journey across the Moroccan Sahara, Little Brown, February, 2003