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100 1 _aFoster, Harry L.
_q(Harry La Tourette),
_d1894-1932
245 1 2 _aA Gringo in Mañana-Land
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2022
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aWith illustrations from photographs taken by the author.
500 _a"This book covers various random wanderings in Mexico, Guatemala, Salvador, Honduras, Nicagaragus, and Costa Rica."--Foreword.
500 _aRelease date is 2022-01-19
508 _aTim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
520 _a"A Gringo in Mañana-Land" by Harry L. Foster is a travel narrative written in the early 20th century. The book chronicles the author's adventures and encounters as he journeys through various countries in Central America, including Mexico, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. The narrative is imbued with humor and personal anecdotes, showcasing the author's experiences with local culture, revolutions, and the colorful characters he meets along the way. The opening of the narrative begins with the author's intention to drive from Arizona to Panama in a newly purchased automobile. However, after a humorous series of mishaps, he finds himself traveling by train into Mexico. He illustrates the challenging yet amusing encounters he faces as a foreigner, including navigating the bureaucracy at the border and experiencing the leisurely pace of life in Mexico. The author paints a vivid picture of his first days in the country, filled with both anxiety and excitement, setting the stage for a series of engaging and often comical escapades that follow in the story. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited States: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1924
653 _aMexico -- Description and travel
653 _aCentral America -- Description and travel
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/gringoinmananala00fost/page/n7/mode/2up
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67200
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