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Living Poor: A Peace Corps Chronicle is the first book published by american writer and Peace Corps Volunteer Moritz Thomsen. It is a recount of Thomsen's time as a Volunteer in Río Verde, Ecuador. It was published in 1969 and is ranked as one of the best Peace Corps memoirs ever written.

Publication
The book was first published as a series of articles on the Sunday Edition of the San Francisco Chronicle, that ran from 1965 to 1968. By 1968, the texts were compiled, edited, and printed as a single book, published by the University of Washington Press. Ever since, there hhave been sereval editions in the US, Great Britain, Germany, and, more recently, France. It has sold over one hundred thousand copies in tthe United States alone.

Since 1969, the book served as a reference work for people who volunteered for the Peace Corpse, as it tells of Thomsen's own experience as a trainee.