Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from A Gringo in Manana-Land
The term "gringo" - a word of value origin, once applied with contempt to the American in Mexico - is now used throughout Latin America, without its former opprobrium, to describe any foreigner.
The Spanish "manana" - literally "to-morrow" - is extremely popular south of the Rio Grande, where, in phrases suggesting postponement, it enables the inhabitant to solve many of life's most perplexing problems.
This book covers various random wanderings in Mexico, Guatemala, Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. It deals with a romance or two, a revolution or so, and a hodge-podge of personal experience. The incidents of the earlier chapters precede, while those of the later ones follow, the author's vagabond journeys recorded in "The Adventures of a Tropical Tramp," and "A Beachcomber in the Orient."
The chapter on the Yaqui Indians is published with the permission of the editor of "The Open Road." The photographs of the Guatemalan revolution were taken by Roy Neil Bunstine, of Guatemala City.
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