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It happened on the way to war : a marine's path to peace Cover Image Book

It happened on the way to war : a marine's path to peace / Rye Barcott.

Barcott, Rye. (Author).

Summary:

Traces the author's visit to Nairobi to gain better understanding of ethnic violence, describing the friendships with a widowed nurse and a community organizer with whom he built the leadership development organization Carolina for Kibera.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1608192172
  • ISBN: 9781608192175
  • Physical Description: viii, 340 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First United States edition
  • Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury USA, 2011.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Pt. 1. The grenade ; Big Gota (fist bump) ; The present and future leaders ; "Because I can" ; What's the key? -- pt. 2. Doers ; The sword ; Things fall apart ; Messiahs ; Harambee ; War on trash -- pt. 3. From peacetime to wartime ; Change and continuity ; Spyderco ; Compartments ; Grass, flower, and wind ; The manuscript ; The elephant and the velvet glove ; Eleven years old and his life is already behind him ; Impact.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 6.9 20 151804.

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Barcott, Rye.
United States. Marine Corps > Officers > Biography.
Carolina for Kibera.
Community development > Kenya > Kibera.
Poor > Kenya > Kibera.
Slums > Kenya > Kibera.
Social service > Kenya > Kibera.
Volunteer workers in social service > Kenya > Kibera > Biography.
Volunteer workers in social service > United States > Biography.
Kibera (Kenya) > Social conditions.
Genre:
Autobiographies.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.

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