Rigoberta Menchú Tum
Subtitle: activist for indigenous rights in Guatemala
By: Heather Lehr Wagner.
Series: Modern peacemakers
Publisher: Chelsea House
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 114
ISBN-13: 9780791089989
Subjects: Menchú, Rigoberta -- Juvenile literature.; Quiché women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Women human rights workers -- Guatemala -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Mayas -- Guatemala -- Government relations -- Juvenile literature.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography
Description: Describes the life and work of Rigoberta Menchú Tum, an Mayan from Guatemala who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-108) and index.
Table of contents: title: Life and peace; title: Childhood in the mountains; title: The story of all poor Guatemalans; title: An interrupted childhood; title: In service; title: Guatemalan in exile; title: Guatemala in crisis; title: Nobel Prize; title: Menchú's legacy.