# Chasing the Sea

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- Book: [Chasing the Sea](https://www.bookquiver.com/tom-bissell/chasing-the-sea) ([Chasing the Sea.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/tom-bissell/chasing-the-sea.md))
- Authors: [Tom Bissell](https://www.bookquiver.com/tom-bissell)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-03-7572-754-2
- Pages: 416
- Published: 2004-10-12
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In 1996, Tom Bissell went to Uzbekistan as a na•ve Peace Corps volunteer. Though he lasted only a few months before illness and personal crisis forced him home, Bissell found himself entranced by...