Heart of palms [electronic resource] : my Peace Corps years in Tranquilla / Meredith W. Cornett ; foreword by Florence Reed.
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TextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, 2014. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (pages cm)ISBN: - 9780817387402
- 0817387404
- Cornett, Meredith W., 1968-
- Americans -- Panama -- Biography
- Women ecologists -- Panama -- Biography
- Rain forest ecology -- Panama -- San Vicente de la Tranquilla -- History -- 20th century
- Rain forest ecology -- Panama -- History -- 20th century
- Peace Corps (U.S.) -- Biography
- San Vicente de la Tranquilla (Panama) -- Biography
- San Vicente de la Tranquilla (Panama) -- Social life and customs
- San Vicente de la Tranquilla (Panama) -- Environmental conditions
- Panama -- Environmental conditions
- 577.34097287 23
- QH108.P3 C67 2014
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
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