Paradise with Serpents: Travels in the Lost World of ParaguayRobert Carver, journalist and author of the acclaimed Among the Mountains', searches for high adventure and intense experiences as he follows the trail of a family mystery . |
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Page 90
... shot in Paraguay for the wrong reason . A teenage daughter of the American Ambassador had been shot dead outside Alfie's palace during the stronato : the guard hadn't been told she was coming and she didn't understand his commands to ...
... shot in Paraguay for the wrong reason . A teenage daughter of the American Ambassador had been shot dead outside Alfie's palace during the stronato : the guard hadn't been told she was coming and she didn't understand his commands to ...
Page 169
... shot for treason , after months of torture , and carried his mother and sisters around in iron cages on carts , taking them out to have them whipped in public at regular intervals . Anyone who surrendered or lost a battle or retreated ...
... shot for treason , after months of torture , and carried his mother and sisters around in iron cages on carts , taking them out to have them whipped in public at regular intervals . Anyone who surrendered or lost a battle or retreated ...
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... shot by the dictator . Captain Manlove , a Confederate officer from the Southern States of America , now a soldier ... shot . In the mid - 19th century , mulatto rulers of ' native states ' such as Paraguay was then seen by the European ...
... shot by the dictator . Captain Manlove , a Confederate officer from the Southern States of America , now a soldier ... shot . In the mid - 19th century , mulatto rulers of ' native states ' such as Paraguay was then seen by the European ...
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