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Don't Be Afraid, Gringo  A Honduran Woman Speaks From The Heart: The Story
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Don't Be Afraid, Gringo A Honduran Woman Speaks From The Heart: The Story of Elvia Alvarado Paperback - 1989

by Alvarado, Elvia & Medea Benjamin

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Trained by the Catholic Church to organize women's groups to combat malnutrition, Alvarado, a woman with a second-grade education, began to question the wretched conditions she saw around her. She became one of her country's leading political activists. 14 pages of halftones. PBS documentary scheduled for May.

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HarperPerennial. Good+. 1989. Paperback. 006097205x . Paperback with firm binding and gently yellowed, but clean pages. Previous owner's info inked on ffep. Covers have light scratches and edge wear. ; 7.90 X 5.30 X 0.60 inches; 169 pages .
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  • Title Don't Be Afraid, Gringo A Honduran Woman Speaks From The Heart: The Story of Elvia Alvarado
  • Author Alvarado, Elvia & Medea Benjamin
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Condition Used - Good+
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher HarperPerennial, New York
  • Date 1989
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 38191
  • ISBN 9780060972059 / 006097205X
  • Weight 0.41 lbs (0.19 kg)
  • Dimensions 8 x 5.31 x 0.47 in (20.32 x 13.49 x 1.19 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Latin America
    • Cultural Region: Mexican
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Alvarado, Elvia, Rural development - Honduras
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 88045725
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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"Elvia Alvarado tells the story of her life and the life of the people of Honduras. Read it and understand the struggle against tyranny of the poor. Read it and act."--Alice Walker