Other resources
Further reading
I, Rigoberta Menchú Rigoberta Menchú The autobiography of Guatemala's Nobel Peace Prize winner - a very moving story of Mayan life and government repression.
Time Among the Maya: Travels in Belize, Guatemala and Mexico Mark Brazaitis.
Unfinished Conquest: the Guatemalan Tragedy Victor Perera A look at the history of the Maya and their situation in modern Guatemala.
Birds of Guatemala
Hugh C Land
A field guide to the birds of Guatemala.
Bird of Life, Bird of Death Jonathan Evan Maslow The subtitle of this book is 'A naturalist's journey through the land of political turmoil'. It tells of the author's search for the quetzal ('bird of life'), which he found increasingly endangered, while the zopilote (vulture; 'bird of death') flourished.
Rites: A Guatemalan Boyhood
Victor Perera
Guatemalan Journey
Stepehn Connely Benz
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