Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:58:20 -0400
Reply-To: Tom Stone <tstone8359@AOL.COM>
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From: Tom Stone <tstone8359@AOL.COM>
Subject: Fwd: [VANAGON] HIJACKED!!!!
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Since I am finished reading my copy, I'll be happy to share it with others who want to read it. First come, first served.
Tom
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From: Tom Stone <tstone8359@AOL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Mon, Mar 29, 2010 7:41 pm
Subject: Re: [VANAGON] HIJACKED!!!!
The Middle Finger of God.
Tom
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From: Zolly <zolo@foxinternet.net>
To: Tom Stone <tstone8359@AOL.COM>
Sent: Mon, Mar 29, 2010 1:19 pm
Subject: Re: Re: HIJACKED!!!!
And the title is ...?
Zoltan
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Stone" <tstone8359@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 8:29 AM
Subject: Re: HIJACKED!!!!
We have been to Mexico a number of times and generally felt safe and secure. We
have only had one bad experience in Ciudad Juarez, which was to be expected.
However, a lot has changed since our last trip. I just finished the book Don
noted below. Reading it has changed my ideas about returning to Mexico anytime
soon. While the book's content is focused on the Sierra Madre area, it does
give some good general insights into the Mexican psyche which don't become
apparent in casual settings but are apparently becoming more pronounced as the
drug war increases the stress on people and institutions. Richard Grant wrote
the book.
Tom
-----Original Message-----
From: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Sent: Mon, Mar 29, 2010 10:37 am
Subject: Re: [VANAGON] HIJACKED!!!!
"One must try to understand the culture..the essential Macho mindset that comes
with mainland Mexicans. An insightful book
about the Sierra Madre region of the mainland and the way life is there is
called "The Middle Finger of God" Written by an
'adventure traveler' who's idea was to traverse the Sierra Madre mountain
region of NW mainland Mexico, he 'catches' the
essence of the culture there quite well, in that recently -written book."
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