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Author Guzaro, Tomás.

Title Escaping the fire : 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.

Publication Info. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2010.

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Edition 1st ed.
Description 1 online resource (xviii, 224 pages) : illustrations, map
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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Language English.
Subject Guzaro, Tomás.
Guzaro, Tomás.
Guzaro, Tomás.
Guatemala -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1996 -- Personal narratives, Mayan.
Guatemala -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1996 -- Undergound movements.
Guerrillas -- Guatemala -- History -- 20th century.
Guerrillas.
Guatemala.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Guerrilla warfare -- Guatemala -- History -- 20th century.
Guerrilla warfare.
Guatemala -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1996 -- Religious aspects.
Ixil Indians -- Biography.
Ixil Indians.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Clergy -- Guatemala -- Biography.
Religious leaders -- Guatemala -- Biography.
Evangelicalism -- Guatemala -- Biography.
Clergy.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
Religious leaders.
HISTORY.
Evangelicalism.
HISTORY -- Latin America -- Central America.
War -- Religious aspects.
War -- Underground movements.
Guatemalan Civil War (Guatemala : 1960-1996)
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Autobiography.
Biography.
Personal Narrative.
Electronic books.
History.
Autobiographies.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Personal narratives.
Personal narratives.
Added Author McComb, Terri Jacob.
Other Form: Print version: Guzaro, Tomás. Escaping the fire. 1st ed. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2010 9780292721364 (DLC) 2009032889 (OCoLC)432442280
ISBN 9780292792999 (electronic book)
0292792999 (electronic book)
9780292721364 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9780292722842 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0292721366
0292722842