Off the Beaten Path: Stories of People Around the World
Colvin, Ruth
ISBN 10: 0815609930 ISBN 13: 9780815609933
Published by Syracuse University Press, 2012
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The founder of Literacy Volunteers of America, Inc. describes the people she met and connected with around the world as she provided literacy training in 26 developing countries, describing their cultures, traditions, backgrounds and experiences and finding similarities with her own.
About the Author: The recipient of nine honorary doctorates, Ruth J. Colvin was given the highest award for volunteerism in the United States, the President's Volunteer Action Award, in 1987. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2006 and was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1991. She lives in Syracuse, New York.
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Title: Off the Beaten Path: Stories of People ...
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Publication Date: 2012
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket