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Escaping the fire how an Ixil Mayan pastor led his people out of a holocaust during the Guatemalan Civil War

Title
Escaping the fire [electronic resource] : how an Ixil Mayan pastor led his people out of a holocaust during the Guatemalan Civil War / Tomás Guzaro and Terri Jacob McComb ; afterword by David Stoll.
Author
Guzaro, Tomás.
Publication
Austin : University of Texas Press, 2010.

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Additional Authors
McComb, Terri Jacob.
Description
1 online resource (xviii, 224 p.) : ill., map.
Uniform Title
Escaping the fire (Online)
Alternative Title
Escaping the fire (Online)
Subject
  • Guzaro, Tomás
  • Guerrillas > Guatemala > History > 20th century
  • Guerrilla warfare > Guatemala > History > 20th century
  • Ixil Indians > Biography
  • Clergy > Guatemala > Biography
  • Religious leaders > Guatemala > Biography
  • Evangelicalism > Guatemala > Biography
  • Guatemala > History > Civil War, 1960-1996 > Personal narratives, Mayan
  • Guatemala > History > Undergound movements. > Civil War, 1960-1996
  • Guatemala > History > Religious aspects. > Civil War, 1960-1996
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Exodus : August 1982 -- Son of a Mayan priest : 1960s -- Catholicism in Ixil country : late 1960s-mid-1970s -- The curse : 1975-1976 -- Conflict of cultures : October 1976-1977 -- Reconciliation : 1977-1978 -- Protestant growth and the guerrilla takeover : February-September 1979 -- Between two fires : October 1979-August 1980 -- Targeting the evangélicos : September 1980 -- Given a little more time : September-December 1980 -- Narrow escapes : January 1981-February 1982 -- Desperate for a way out : February-July 1982 -- The vision : July-August 1982 -- Escaping the fire : August 3-4, 1982 -- A taste of freedom : August 1982 -- Life in a refugee village : September 1982-May 1983 -- Lifting up Ixil country : June 1983-2009 -- Afterword: Tomás Guzaro in historical context
LCCN
2009032889
OCLC
ssj0000417062
Author
Guzaro, Tomás.
Title
Escaping the fire [electronic resource] : how an Ixil Mayan pastor led his people out of a holocaust during the Guatemalan Civil War / Tomás Guzaro and Terri Jacob McComb ; afterword by David Stoll.
Imprint
Austin : University of Texas Press, 2010.
Edition
1st ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
McComb, Terri Jacob.
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