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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.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Guzaro, Tomás.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Guzaro, Tomás.
- Evangelicalism.
- Religious leaders.
- Clergy.
- Ixil Indians.
- History.
- Guerrilla warfare.
- Guerrillas.
- War--Underground movements.
- Guatemala--History--Civil War, 1960-1996--Personal narratives, Mayan.
- Guatemala.
- Guatemala--History--Civil War, 1960-1996--Underground movements.
- Guerrillas--Guatemala--History--20th century.
- Guerrilla warfare--Guatemala--History--20th century.
- Guatemala--History--Civil War, 1960-1996--Religious aspects.
- Ixil Indians--Biography.
- Clergy--Guatemala--Biography.
- Religious leaders--Guatemala--Biography.
- Evangelicalism--Guatemala--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 224 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2010.
- 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
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780292721364
- 0292721366
- 9780292722842
- 0292722842
- OCLC:
- 432442280
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