Peace Corps Chronology; 1961-2010

<p><b><i>Nominated for 2010 Peace Corps Writers Special Publisher Award</b></i></p><p>���This is a very impressive book.��� John Coyne Editor of Peace Corps Writers and Peace Corps Worldwide</p><p>���A great job! I am astonished at how detailed and thorough this work is.��� David Searles author of The Peace Corps Experience: Challenge and Change 1969-1976</p><p>Useful for anyone interested in the Peace Corps this easy-to-read book includes all notable activities related to America���s most iconic program. It describes the first half century of service during which more than 200000 Americans volunteered to work in 139 countries. Inspired by JFK���s inaugural call- ���Ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country���- volunteers from all 50 states traveled to tropical cloud forests savannahs prairies deserts and frigid mountainous steppes to learn a new language and lend a hand. </p>