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_b.B69 2011
100 1 _aBoyce-Smith, Jean.
245 1 _aMy Afghanistan :
_bthe life of a young American woman as a teacher in Afghanistan in the days before the Taliban /
_cby Jean Boyce-Smith.
260 _aNapa, CA :
_bAeronaut Press,
_cc2011.
300 _a[5], 276 p. :
_bill. ;
_c23 cm.
520 _aAbstract: Twenty-two-years-old and newly graduated from college, the author and her husband set out on an adventure to Afghanistan. It is 1948, just three years after World War II and a year after the bloody Partition of India and Pakistan, and Ghandhi's assassination. It a time of distrust. Many Afghans want to modernize and see education in English as the key. The author and her husband are hired by The Royal Afghan Government to teach. This is their story.
651 _aAfghanistan
_x Social life and customs.
651 _aAfghanistan
_x Social life and customs
_y 20th century.
700 _aedited by Ann Harris Boyce.
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