Escaping the fire
Subtitle: how an Ixil Mayan pastor led his people out of a holocaust during the Guatemalan Civil War
By: Tomás Guzaro and Terri Jacob McComb ; afterword by David Stoll.
Contributors: McComb, Terri Jacob.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780292721364; 9780292722842
Subjects: Guzaro, Tomás; Guerrillas -- Guatemala -- History -- 20th century; Guerrilla warfare -- Guatemala -- History -- 20th century; Ixil Indians -- Biography; Clergy -- Guatemala -- Biography; Religious leaders -- Guatemala -- Biography; Evangelicalism -- Guatemala -- Biography; Guatemala -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1996 -- Personal narratives, Mayan; Guatemala -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1996 -- Undergound movements; Guatemala -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1996 -- Religious aspects
Genres: Biography; Personal narratives, Mayan
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Exodus : August 1982; title: Son of a Mayan priest : 1960s; title: Catholicism in Ixil country : late 1960s-mid-1970s; title: The curse : 1975-1976; title: Conflict of cultures : October 1976-1977; title: Reconciliation: 1977-1978; title: Protestant growth and the guerrilla takeover : February-September 1979; title: Between two fires : October 1979-August 1980; title: Targeting the evangélicos : September 1980; title: Given a little more time : September-December 1980; title: Narrow escapes : January 1981-February 1982; title: Desperate for a way out : February-July 1982; title: The vision : July-August 1982; title: Escaping the fire : August 3-4, 1982; title: A taste of freedom : August 1982; title: Life in a refugee village : September 1982-May 1983; title: Lifting up Ixil country : June 1983-2009; title: Afterword: Tomás Guzaro in historical Context