Add this copy of The Farm on the River of Emeralds to cart. $13.74, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by Houghton Mifflin.
Add this copy of The Farm on the River Emeralds to cart. $75.00, very good condition, Sold by Turn-The-Page Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Skyway, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1978. 1st printing. Date and initials inked on front pastedown, else a square and clean copy. Full green cloth binding. 329pp. Lightly rubbed jacket retains original price, in a protective mylar cover. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo-8"-9" Tall.
Add this copy of The Farm on the River of Emeralds to cart. $90.00, very good condition, Sold by ZENO'S rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Francisco, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by Houghton Mifflin.
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Good jacket. Boston. 1978. Houghton Mifflin. 1st Printing. Very Good in Slightly Won Dustjacket. 0395263115. 331 pages. hardcover. Jacket drawing by the author. keywords: Ecuador Autobiography America. DESCRIPTION-Here is the 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 the story of their struggles against the tropics: against year-long rains and longer droughts, crops that rot, markets that evaporate, exuberant weeds that pull their houses apart, and, underlying everything else, the shattering poverty that twists decent human beings into monstrous shapes. It is also the story of the confrontation of two radically different cultures; and the failure of illusion. Nonetheless, Thomsen chronicles his and Ramon's labors with wry hit morand draws his neighbors with the deft hand and compassionate eye of a born storyteller, Who could forget the gorgeous and tragic Cortez brothers? Or Victor, the magnificent thief? Or poor old Dalmiro, with his secret passion for the scornful Florinda, who in turn yearns for the indefatigably romantic Santo, eater of hummingbirds' hearts? Their wonderfully funny portraits weave through the book, making it a shear delight to read. But it is also much more; for Thomsen has dared to give us an intensely personal memoir, full of searing insights into his own prejudices and failings. The Farm on the River of Emeralds is eloquently written, tough, funny and wrenchingly sad-a lyrical triumph. inventory #25293.
Add this copy of The Farm on the River of Emeralds to cart. $117.17, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by Houghton Mifflin.
Add this copy of The Farm on the River of Emeralds to cart. $250.00, like new condition, Sold by Old Scrolls Book Shop rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Stanley, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by Houghton Mifflin.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book 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.
Add this copy of The Farm on the River of Emeralds to cart. $300.00, very good condition, Sold by Becker's Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Houston, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by Houghton Mifflin.
