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<div><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="2">Charlie Hardy will be at the
BOOKSTORE in Gloucester on Tuesday, April 17th at 7:00 pm. He'll be
reading and signing books. </font></div>
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<h2>N O W A V A I L A B L E ! </h2>
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<h2>Cowboy in Caracas: <small>A North American's Memoir of Venezuela's
Democratic Revolution<br>
by Charles Hardy</small></h2>
<img src="cid:part1.05080201.00060404@tecschange.org" align="left"
hspace="15" vspace="15">"Read this important book, and drop the
propaganda sandwich in the trash where it belongs."--Peter Coyote,
actor/writer
<p>"Charles Hardy has given us a unique perspective on the Chávista
revolution as viewed from a cardboard shack on a hillside barrio in
Caracas. Writing in a graceful and conversational style in a series of
vignettes, Hardy conveys with genuine affection and admiration the
dignity and courage of the ordinary people of Venezuela.... This book
is a must read for all Americans--but a must read that you won't be
able to put down."--Dave Lindorff, columnist for Counterpunch and
co-author with Barbara Olshansky of <i>The Case for Impeachment</i> </p>
<p>"This book is an antidote to the poisonous US government mantra
against Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. Ironically, "Cowboy" isn't
about Chávez, but about the exciting processes he has helped initiate
and about the awakening of Venezuela's poor whom the US media
neglects."--Saul Landau, author of A <i>Bush & Botox World</i> </p>
<p>No president today is more controversial than Venezuela's Hugo
Chávez Frias. Elected in a landslide in 1998, he promised a peaceful
revolution. That peaceful dream became a nightmare when Chávez was
overthrown in a coup d'état in 2002. Surprisingly, he was brought back
to power by his supporters, mostly barrio dwellers, within forty-eight
hours. Although Chávez continues to be dogged by controversy, he stays
in power because of these supporters who see themselves as active
participants in a democratic revolution. </p>
<p>Currently residing in Venezuela, Charles Hardy has been writing and
speaking about the political and social reality of Latin America for
over forty years. He has visited almost every Central and South
American country, and, as a Catholic priest, lived eight years in a
cardboard shack in a Venezuelan barrio. </p>
<p><strong><i>Cowboy in Caracas</i> by Charles Hardy | Original
Paperback | Curbstone <br>
ISBN: 978-1-931896-37-5 | 176 pages | $15.00 </strong></p>
<p><strong>Curbstone Press titles are distributed to the trade by:<br>
<strong>Perseus Distribution/Consortium<br>
phone: 800-283-3572 / fax: 800-351-5073<br>
PUBNET: SAN 631-760X </strong>
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