Fool's errand: A novel Hardcover – January 1, 1978 by Marc Norman
 
From the author of Oklahoma Crude comes a tale that takes place in Central and South America during the Depression. Ethel Booton, a Boston nurse has followed her doctor/lover to a tin mine in Bolivia and become a radical socialist. She is stranded alone at the Panama Canal with over 2 tons of wet dynamite. They are joined by a cast of characters and banter like Oklahoma Crude humor.
 
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