Bird of Life, Bird of Death: A Naturalist's Journey Through a Land of Political TurmoilIn 1983 Maslow traveled to Guatemala to locate the endangered quetzal, considered sacred and one of the most beautiful birds on earth. Following the bird's trail, he confronts the horrors of a war-torn nation, where 10,000 people disappear each year. |
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Page 104
... Finca Remedios , went over the complicated route again , and took our leave . I liked Alfredo Schlehauf . With his guileless manner and apparent interest in plants , birds , and butterflies , he reminded me of the Swiss and Germans I'd ...
... Finca Remedios , went over the complicated route again , and took our leave . I liked Alfredo Schlehauf . With his guileless manner and apparent interest in plants , birds , and butterflies , he reminded me of the Swiss and Germans I'd ...
Page 209
... Finca Remedios , his coffee plantation , that day , leaving the Toyota four- wheel in his keeping before trekking on foot to Chelem - ha , the mountain he had called the last wild refuge of the Resplendent Quetzal . As we climbed from ...
... Finca Remedios , his coffee plantation , that day , leaving the Toyota four- wheel in his keeping before trekking on foot to Chelem - ha , the mountain he had called the last wild refuge of the Resplendent Quetzal . As we climbed from ...
Page 229
... fincas . Some , however , fled like their ancestors before them into the forests . A new generation lived " under the trees , under the vines . " Undoubtedly , the ... FINCA REMEDIOS that night I awoke with a THE LAST BOSS OF CHELEM - HA 229.
... fincas . Some , however , fled like their ancestors before them into the forests . A new generation lived " under the trees , under the vines . " Undoubtedly , the ... FINCA REMEDIOS that night I awoke with a THE LAST BOSS OF CHELEM - HA 229.
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Alvarado American Antigua asked banana Barrios beans Biotopo bird called Casas Central America Chelem-ha Chichicastenango Chimaltenango church civil cloud forest Cobán Road coffee color conquistadors Cornelio Cortés dark Dary Don Alfredo Don Lázaro earth eyes Fanta feathers feet Fernando Finca Remedios front green gringo Guate Guatemala City guerrillas habitat hand head highlands Ibarra Indian kilometers Ladinos land living looked machete maize male Mateo Mayan Mickey Miguel Angel Asturias military milpa mountain native nest never night North Patrón Pedro Pedro de Alvarado perched plants plaza pochtecas Popol Vuh Purulhá Quetzal Quetzalcoatl Quiché rain Resplendent Quetzal Salvin Schlehauf season seemed Sergio Skutch sleep soldiers Spanish species squads stood street tail plumes things tion told Tomás tortillas town Toyota trees tropical trucks trying turned Verapaz vultures waiting walked wall wanted watch woman Zopilotes