Black elephants : a memoir /

An aspiring writer and reporter, Karol Nielsen went trekking through the Peruvian Andes at the height of the Shining Path terror, looking for adventure and a good story. She found Aviv, an Israeli traveler fresh out of his mandatory military service-a war-weary veteran of the first intifada-dreaming...

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Main Author: Nielsen, Karol
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2011.
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Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; 1 The New Zealand SheepFarmer and the Recruit; 2 Machu Picchu; 3 Schlepper; 4 Revital; 5 Mexican Pyramids; 6 Long Distance; 7 Sabra; 8 Give Peace a Chance; 9 Black Elephants; 10 Not a Good Soldier; 11 Nadav; 12 Housebound; 13 Cappuccino, Cheesecake, and Gas Masks; 14 Sitting Ducks; 15 The Promise; 16 Lucie; 17 A Lonely Trip; 18 Hebrew Lessons; 19 Scandinavian Worker; 20 Pampered American; 21 Smoker; 22 Nine-Point-Two Miles; 23 Litmus Test; 24 Better to Smile; 25 Hermit Crab; 26 Shalom, Shalom; 27 Collateral Damage; 28 Homecoming.