TY - BOOK AU - Cornett,Meredith W. ED - Project Muse. TI - Heart of palms: my Peace Corps years in Tranquilla SN - 9780817387402 AV - QH108.P3 C67 2014 U1 - 577.34097287 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Tuscaloosa PB - The University of Alabama Press KW - Cornett, Meredith W., KW - Peace Corps (U.S.) KW - Biography KW - Americans KW - Panama KW - Women ecologists KW - Rain forest ecology KW - San Vicente de la Tranquilla KW - History KW - 20th century KW - San Vicente de la Tranquilla (Panama) KW - Social life and customs KW - Environmental conditions KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - 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 UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780817387402/ ER -