How Lost was My Weekend A Greenhorn in Guatemala David Dodge

How Lost was My Weekend
A Greenhorn in Guatemala
David Dodge
New York: Random House, 1948
Illustrated by Irv Koons
248 pages

The front hinge is cracked, the binding is weakening but otherwise in acceptable condition. The pages are clean but tanning. The cover has several stains on the back, has a small amount of edge wear and the spine is darkened. Acceptable. Hardcover.

Continuing where How Green Was My Father left off, Dodge and family take up residence in Guatemala City where they quickly learn about the economic benefits of living south of the border. Dodge spends a short stretch in the Guatemala City calabozo as a result of a traffic smack-up with a carload of cops. They attend a fiesta on a coffee finca, or plantation—but not before David gets caught between a mule and a barbed wire fence—and visit friends in Tela, Honduras, by way of Tegucigalpa, and learn oogly-boo. After a year and a half of housekeeping in Guatemala they set out for new adventures, Santiago, Chile being their destination. (#PB202723)