My Years in the Early Peace Corps: Ethiopia, 1965-1966
- ISBN-10
- 0761873031
- ISBN-13
- 9780761873037
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-11-15
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Author
- Sonja Krause Goodwin
Description
In this book, Sonja Krause Goodwin describes her second year as a Peace Corps Volunteer teaching chemistry at a branch of Haile Selassie I University in Ethiopia in 1965. She notes her interactions with her students, fellow College employees, other Peace Corps volunteers, and Ethiopians.
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