Voices from the Peace Corps

Voices from the Peace Corps
Author: Angene Hopkins Wilson
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages: 413
Release: 2011-04-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 0813129753

Based on more than one hundred oral history interviews, [this title] follows the the experiences of Kentuckians who chose to live and work in other countries around the world, fostering close, lasting relationships with the people they served. -- jacket.

A Life Inspired

A Life Inspired
Author:
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2005-12-31
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Contains a collection of autobiographical reminiscences written by about 28 former Peace Corps volumteers.

Being First

Being First
Author: Robert Klein
Publisher: Wheatmark, Inc.
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2010
Genre: Americans
ISBN: 1604944579

Robert Klein, one of the initial Peace Corps volunteers who served in Ghana from 1961-1963, describes the creation of the Peace Corps and the experiences of the first cohort of volunteer teachers serving in Ghana.

Making Peace with the World

Making Peace with the World
Author: Richard Sitler
Publisher: Other Places Publishing
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2010-03-10
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 0982261985

Photo-documentary of Peace Corps volunteers serving communities around the world.

Looking at Ourselves and Others

Looking at Ourselves and Others
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 108
Release: 1998
Genre: Cross-cultural studies
ISBN:

"Looking at Ourselves and Others contains lesson plans, activities, and readings that help students understand components of their own culture and leads them to appreciate and understand differences between their culture and that of others."--Home page.

When the World Calls

When the World Calls
Author: Stanley Meisler
Publisher: Beacon Press
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2011-02-22
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0807095478

A complete and revealing history of the Peace Corps—in time for its fiftieth anniversary When the World Calls is the first complete and balanced look at the Peace Corps's first fifty years. Stanley Meisler's engaging narrative exposes Washington infighting, presidential influence, and the Volunteers' unique struggles abroad. He deftly unpacks the complicated history with sharp analysis and memorable anecdotes, taking readers on a global trek starting with the historic first contingent of Volunteers to Ghana on August 30, 1961.