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1 online resource (343 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : color illustrations |
Summary |
A former NPR correspondent takes you into his own ghost-filled life as he reports on a region in turmoil. Gerry Hadden was training to become a Buddhist monk when opportunity came knocking: the offer of a dream job as NPR's correspondent for Latin America. Arriving in Mexico in 2000 during the nation's first democratic transition of power, he witnesses both hope and uncertainty. But after 9/11, he finds himself documenting overlooked yet extraordinary events in a forgotten political landscape. As he reports on Colombia's drug wars, Guatemala's deleterious emigration, and Haiti's bloody rebellion, Hadden must also make a home for himself in Mexico City, coming to terms with its ghosts and chasing down the love of his life, in a riveting narrative that reveals the human heart at the center of international affairs. -- Cover, p. [4]. |
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Hadden, Gerry.
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Journalists -- Latin America -- Biography.
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Foreign correspondents -- United States -- Biography.
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Reporters and reporting -- Latin America.
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Latin America -- Description and travel.
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Latin America -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Hadden, Gerry. Never the hope itself. 1st ed. New York : Harper Perennial, c2011 9780062020079 (DLC) 2011275396 (OCoLC)703206585 |
ISBN |
9780062100658 (electronic bk.) |
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0062100653 (electronic bk.) |
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