Some Far and Distant Place

Informationen zum Autor JONATHAN S. ADDLETON was born in Murree, Pakistan. He has a B.S. from Northwestern University and a Ph.D. from Tufts University. Currently Director of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission to Mongolia, he has also worked as a USAID officer in Pakistan, Yemen, Jordan, South Africa, and Kazakstan. Klappentext Born in Pakistan to Baptist missionaries from rural Georgia! Jonathan S. Addleton crossed the borders of race! culture! class! and religion at an early age. Some Far and Distant Place tells an unusual coming-of-age story that has as much to do with the intersection of cultures as it does with the intimate details of one man's personal and family history. Whether sharing ice cream with a young Benazir Bhutto! selling gospel tracts at the tomb of a Sufi saint! or just gazing at the majestic Himalayas! Addleton is a thoughtful guide to a place that is shaping the world today! just as it shaped him as a youth. Zusammenfassung Jonathan S. Addleton was born in Pakistan to Baptist missionaries from rural Georgia. This volume tells an unusual coming-of-age story that has as much to do with the intersection of cultures as it does with the intimate details of one man's personal and family history.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Addleton, Jonathan S Addleton, Jonathan S. Addleton
• Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2002
• EAN: 9780820324586
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-2458-6
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, Biography / Autobiography