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Willie Stump
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I'm travelling around Guatemala for the next 3 weeks and want a book that will teach me about the country and it's history and be a page-turner/"want-to-pickup" vs a "should-read but I'll take a siesta instead"- a good travel writer or historical fic
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Location: Seattle, WA
Recommendations
Bananas!: How The United Fruit Company Shaped the World
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Backstory related to the 1954 regime-change planned and carried out by the CIA. I know a lot of books--but the only stuff on Guatemala are usually super-dense nonfiction. Guatemala just doesn't have a lot of history besides this one interesting episode. Not unless you wanna read Prescott! Bottom line: this is really the only 'easy-read' I can find for you on the subject.
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