Getting Things Done: Stories of Leadership from the South Bend Mayor's Office to the School Board, the Peace Corps and Beyond

Roger Parent

Filibuster Press

DescriptionThis is a different book about the Peace Corps experience. It shows how the author's growing up in Acadian French-Speaking Maine prepared him for service as one of the very first volunteers in Thailand. His unique background in the Acadian French culture of Northern Maine helped him to work effectively in Udorn, Thailand, and thereby helped to shape the Peace Corps in the vibrant organization it is today. Extended DescriptionGrowing up in the small Acadian French-speaking village of Lille, Maine, learning English as a second language, being in a strong family, training in carpentry with his father, attending the internationally minded St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia - all helped to prepare the author for Peace Corps service. Along with other pioneer volunteers, the author helped to shape the Peace Corps into a vibrant organization. Selected Chapter Titles: "Wild Ride in a Helicopter with Sargent Shriver". "Cussing Sister Simeon in French"; "Spirituality in a Hammock"; "Peace Corps? Christian Brothers? Soldier?"; "What's a Peace Corps Volunteer?"; "Fried Bananas"; "China Says Peace Corps Volunteers are Spies"; "Becoming the Peace Corps Volunteer I wanted to Be"; "Too Drunk to Ride My Bike"; These stories are suggestive of the author's growth and development from a nascent sense of self and consciousness embedded at birth to the end of his service as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Thailand 1, 1961 to 1963.

Making of a Peace Corps Volunteer : From Maine to

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Getting Things Done: Stories of Leadership from the South Bend Mayor's Office to the School Board, the Peace Corps and Beyond

Making of a Peace Corps Volunteer : From Maine to