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Jackson`s Kenya: A Peace Corps Story, Wiegand Richard Otto


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Автор: Wiegand Richard Otto
Название:  Jackson`s Kenya: A Peace Corps Story
ISBN: 9781734845020
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ISBN-10: 1734845023
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 288
Вес: 0.45 кг.
Дата издания: 06.11.2020
Язык: English
Размер: 21.59 x 13.97 x 1.98 cm
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
Подзаголовок: A peace corps story
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Jacksons Kenya brings together two of the most important influences in my young adult life - my time in Kenya in the early 1970s, and my interaction with my Kenyan cook Jackson, who greatly shaped my view of Kenya and Africa. Not only was Jackson a great mentor for me, but his energy and joy of life were infectious. This book is a description of my work and of the Kenya I experienced with Jackson.

I served as a volunteer with the U.S. Peace Corps in Kenya from 1970-74. Fellow Wisconsin volunteer, George Roemer, lived with me for two years and worked with me for three years. His fianc e, Susan (Sue) Nicolai, arrived from Wisconsin in 1971, married George in Kenya, and lived with us during the second year. George and I were animal husbandry officers, first with the Ministry of Agriculture, and later with the Ministry of Lands and Settlement, in the former White Highlands in Western Province. Our work covered 19 farmer re-settlement areas called schemes located on either side of the Nzoia River.

George and I hired Jackson Sikolia as our cook shortly after we arrived on site. We lived in a former colonial settler house called Bettington. After George and Sue married and moved to Soy Village, I moved to Tongaren Village, the district headquarters for my settlement scheme area, where I lived for a year. Jackson moved with me. He also maintained a farm where his family lived.

Jacksons Kenya is intended to be an honest book, covering both the ups and downs of my experience. It explains my travel dream, the process of becoming a Peace Corps volunteer in Kenya, my life at Bettington and Tongaren, my work experience, my major travel adventures, and my reflections after returning to the United States. The book is informative, serious, and sometimes humorous.

In the end, my Kenya Peace Corps experience was one of the best things I ever did. It set the tone for the rest of my life. I fell in love with the people of Kenya. It has been quite flattering for me, that, on later returns to Kenya, several people have asked me to move back.

I referred to most people in the book by their last names after introducing them. However, I referred to Jackson, George, and Sue by their first names because they were the three people closest to me throughout my time in Kenya. I apologize for the many anecdotes I felt I needed to include, called asides by one of my proofreaders, that sometimes proved difficult to organize. Although I have documents, notes, letters, and a reasonably good memory from my time in Kenya, I provided references necessary to back up my information, or to include new ideas or data.



Oxford International Primary Atlas

Автор: Dr Patrick Wiegand
Название: Oxford International Primary Atlas
ISBN: 0198480229 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198480228
Издательство: Oxford Education
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Описание: Accessible and informative world atlas for all primary age children

Oxford International First Atlas

Автор: Wiegand Patrick
Название: Oxford International First Atlas
ISBN: 0198480202 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198480204
Издательство: Oxford Education
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Описание: A simple introductory atlas with a narrative thread, encouraging young children in the international classroom to learn about the Earth in space, the world, continents and countries.

Centerville: An Historical Novel

Автор: Wiegand Richard Otto
Название: Centerville: An Historical Novel
ISBN: 1732217173 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781732217171
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Centerville is a personal venture into the author, Richard Weigand's past, based in Town Centerville in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin where he grew up. The book adds a powerful but fictitious love story. There is a time-travel to the mid-1800s and then to the year 2000.

Considerable information from the 1800s is included covering German culture, immigration stories, religious practices, political thought, clearing of forests, farming, early building construction, and various challenges and tragedies of the time. It was the author's intention to honor the contributions of his ancestors and their neighbors, and to illustrate their struggles settling in the New World. It is a reminder that what we have today was built upon the sacrifices and foundations established by those who came before us. The book is both informative and entertaining.

Much of the book centers around the Wiegand farm, the author's home farm, established in 1848, and the immediate neighborhood. The farm, called the Wagner farm in the book, is still owned by the family. The author maintains, "Although I have considerable knowledge of the history of the farm and the neighborhood, I had to use my imagination for many of the details in the narrative."

Most of the events and some of the persons portrayed were either real or had some basis in reality. However, the names of people have been changed and the events have been obscured to provide confidentiality. The names of local businesses have been changed or omitted. Events have been altered to fit the narrative and the time period. Real place names are used, however. Those who want to know the exact history should contact the author or other local sources.

Part One of the book details the main character's mission traveling from the present back in time to visit his ancestors in 1858. He planned to only stay for a few months. The mission becomes complicated and extended to a dozen years by the fact that he falls in love with Elsa, the Wagner maid.

In Part Two of the book, I bring Elsa to the present to renew our relationship and give her a chance to experience another, more-modern life, which she accepts. Elsa's recollections, comparisons of the past with the future, and commentary, in general, are valuable historical lessons.

My hope is that this book will someday be made into a movie. A percentage of the net proceeds from the book and movie are to be used as a fundraiser for a library for Centreville Settlement Inc, a historical preservation organization in Town Centerville that I helped to establish in 1982. The library, mentioned near the end of the book, does not yet exist but is a dream of mine.


Heads, Not Tails: How Best to Engage Theater Ballistic Missiles?

Автор: Wiegand Ronald C.
Название: Heads, Not Tails: How Best to Engage Theater Ballistic Missiles?
ISBN: 1288398263 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781288398263
Издательство: Неизвестно
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Versuch Einen Haushofmeister Zu Bilden: In F Nf Abtheilungen: Nach Einer Etliche Drey Ig J Hrigen Erfahrung Zusammengeschrieben. Anhang Zu Dem Versuch

Автор: Wiegand Johann
Название: Versuch Einen Haushofmeister Zu Bilden: In F Nf Abtheilungen: Nach Einer Etliche Drey Ig J Hrigen Erfahrung Zusammengeschrieben. Anhang Zu Dem Versuch
ISBN: 128696265X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781286962657
Издательство: Неизвестно
Цена: 30120.00 T
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Versuch Einen Haushofmeister Zu Bilden: In F Nf Abtheilungen: Nach Einer Etliche Drey Ig J Hrigen Erfahrung Zusammengeschrieben, Volume 1

Автор: Wiegand Johann
Название: Versuch Einen Haushofmeister Zu Bilden: In F Nf Abtheilungen: Nach Einer Etliche Drey Ig J Hrigen Erfahrung Zusammengeschrieben, Volume 1
ISBN: 1249986931 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781249986935
Издательство: Неизвестно
Цена: 39170.00 T
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Heads, not tails:  how best to engage theater ballistic missiles?

Автор: Wiegand Ronald C.
Название: Heads, not tails: how best to engage theater ballistic missiles?
ISBN: 1249326168 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781249326168
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The Circle of Na`mow

Автор: McDermott Anna, Wiegand Gretchen
Название: The Circle of Na`mow
ISBN: 0990471209 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780990471202
Издательство: Неизвестно
Цена: 24460.00 T
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Visiting Vati

Автор: Wiegand Ingrid
Название: Visiting Vati
ISBN: 061567478X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780615674780
Издательство: Неизвестно
Цена: 11440.00 T
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A History of Modern Librarianship: Constructing the Heritage of Western Cultures

Автор: Wiegand Wayne A., Dalbello Marija, Richards Pamela
Название: A History of Modern Librarianship: Constructing the Heritage of Western Cultures
ISBN: 1610690990 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781610690997
Издательство: Bloomsbury
Цена: 49490.00 T
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Описание: A broad, comparative history of librarianship, this intriguing work goes beyond the standard focus on institutions and collections to help you explore the part modern librarianship played-and continues to play-in forming Western cultures.

Oxford very first atlas

Автор: Dr Patrick Wiegand
Название: Oxford very first atlas
ISBN: 019848786X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198487869
Издательство: Oxford Education
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Цена: 9230.00 T
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Описание: A simple introductory atlas with a narrative thread, encouraging young children to learn about the Earth in space, the world, continents, and countries.


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