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The Farm on the River of Emeralds

The Farm on the River of Emeralds

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The Farm on the River of Emeralds

by Thomsen, Moritz

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ISBN 10
0395263115
ISBN 13
9780395263112
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1978. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1978. First Edition, First Printing. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition, first printing (full number line on copyright page) in clean bright unclipped dust jacket. Lovely book in collectible condition. Clean unfaded green cloth boards with silver lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking; pages and edges are clean and bright with clean gold endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. 329 pages. Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, not price clipped, photo of author on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Memorable story of a fifty-three year old white American, an ex-Peace Corps Volunteer, who keeps a promise he made to a poor, uneducated black friend twenty years his junior. A year after leaving the Peace Corps, Moritz Thomsen returned to Ecuador to join Ramon Prado in hacking a farm out of the jungle. This is their story..

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Bookseller
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Title
The Farm on the River of Emeralds
Author
Thomsen, Moritz
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Edition
First Edition, First Printing.
ISBN 10
0395263115
ISBN 13
9780395263112
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Place of Publication
Boston
Date Published
1978
Keywords
BIOGRAPHY, MEMOIR, ADVENTURE, MORITZ THOMSEN, PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER, ECUADOR, ESMERALDAS VALLEY, SOUTH AMERICAN AGRICULTURE, FARMING, FIRST EDITION
Bookseller catalogs
Adventure/Travel; Agriculture;

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