Searching for Everado: A Story of Love, War, and the CIA in Guatemala

Searching for Everado: A Story of Love, War, and the CIA in GuatemalaHarvard educated attorney Jennifer Harbury went to Guatemala to help refugees, and found herself drawn into a political drama that would test her beliefs, courage, and moral strength. She fell in love and married Efrain Bamaca Velasquez, better known as Commander Everardo, a Mayan Indian resistance leader. Soon after, he vanished in combat. This is the story of Harbury's search for Everardo, one that grew into an impassioned crusade to expose those

Harvard-educated attorney Jennifer Harbury went to Guatemala to help refugees, and found herself drawn into a political drama that would test her beliefs, courage, and moral strength. She fell in love and married Efrain Bamaca Velasquez, better known as Commander Everardo, a Mayan Indian resistance leader. Soon after, he vanished in combat. This is the story of Harbury's search for Everardo, one that grew into an impassioned crusade to expose those responsible for the human rights abuses suffered upon the victims of Guatemala -- one woman's heroic stand against the Guatemalan oligarchy, the U.S. State Department, and the CIA. A headline-making story of love, war, and courage, this is the personal account of an American woman and her unrelenting fight to uncover the truth behind the disappearance of her husband, a Guatemalan guerrilla leader.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 03/01/1997
ISBN: 9780446520362
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.47lbs
Size: 9.42h x 6.26w x 1.08d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 01/13/1997 pg. 63
Kirkus Reviews 01/15/1997 pg. 119
Library Journal 03/01/1997 pg. 89
New York Times 05/11/1997 pg. 18