Download or read book Virgin Islands Folklore written by Joseph Patrick Gimenez and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Food Folklore of the Virgin Islands by Arona Petersen written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Food Folklore of the Virgin Islands written by Arona Petersen and published by Arona Petersen. This book was released on 1990 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This animated book by Arona Petersen is but a single extension of a versatile & creative lady. A native of St. Thomas, she has spent most of her years on the island interspersed with travels to many lands. She went to Santo Domingo as a child, spent about ten years in Puerto Rico & 15 in New York. She also lived briefly in Costa Rica & has visited several Central & South American countries. "I meet people, get used to the customs & make friends," she says. For many Virgin Islands children & newcomers to the Caribbean, she has been a walking, talking textbook on Virgin Islands history & culture. Her "lessons" began in the kitchen. She spent years as a chef in various restaurants & then opened her own "Hillside Way" - better known as "The House with the Green Roof" - where she dished up a myriad of traditional West Indian foods. It was just a step away for her to put some of her recipes & instructions into print in a newspaper column. She started with a column on food in the Virgin Islands Daily News. It soon evolved into a column for the mind as well as the body. She became a social & political commentator & - appropriately - her weekly column was moved to the editorial pages.
Download or read book A Collection of Virgin Islands Folklore Compiled and Edited by an Organizing Committee Headed by Miss Aline M Kean written by Aine M.] [Kean (ed) and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Legends and Myths written by and published by . This book was released on 1969* with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of folklore from the Virgin Islands.
Download or read book Land of Love and Drowning written by Tiphanie Yanique and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critically acclaimed debut from an award-winning writer—an epic family saga set against the magic and the rhythms of the Virgin Islands. In the early 1900s, the Virgin Islands are transferred from Danish to American rule, and an important ship sinks into the Caribbean Sea. Orphaned by the shipwreck are two sisters and their half brother, now faced with an uncertain identity and future. Each of them is unusually beautiful, and each is in possession of a particular magic that will either sink or save them. Chronicling three generations of an island family from 1916 to the 1970s, Land of Love and Drowning is a novel of love and magic, set against the emergence of Saint Thomas into the modern world. Uniquely imagined, with echoes of Toni Morrison, Gabriel García Márquez, and the author’s own Caribbean family history, the story is told in a language and rhythm that evoke an entire world and way of life and love. Following the Bradshaw family through sixty years of fathers and daughters, mothers and sons, love affairs, curses, magical gifts, loyalties, births, deaths, and triumphs, Land of Love and Drowning is a gorgeous, vibrant debut by an exciting, prizewinning young writer.
Download or read book Don t Stop the Carnival written by Herman Wouk and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2024-06-11 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The basis for the Herman Wouk–Jimmy Buffett musical: A middle-aged New Yorker buys a Caribbean hotel and learns that paradise has its drawbacks in this novel that “moves as fast as a Marx Brothers movie” (The New York Times Book Review). Broadway press agent Norman Paperman is pushing fifty with one heart attack already under his belt. So he decides to chuck the stressful Manhattan life and bring his wife and teenage daughter to a lush green island. With the help of a wheeler-dealer friend, he winds up buying a small hotel. How hard could running one be? Pretty hard, actually, when you throw in an earthquake, plumbing problems, rampaging ants, and a few more unexpected developments at the Gull Reef Club. Before long, Norman’s spirit is as drained as his bank account, his marriage is on the brink, and he’s desperately searching for a way out of this beautiful nightmare . . . Don’t Stop the Carnival is a clever comic departure for the Pulitzer Prize–winning, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of such classics as Marjorie Morningstar, The Winds of War, and The Caine Mutiny—and eventually served as the basis for the celebrated Jimmy Buffett album and stage musical. “Funny [and] continuously entertaining. . . . Norman Paperman, although hardly an admirable person, is exceedingly human and entirely believable. One cringes with sympathy for him.” —The New York Times “His sandy beaches are alive with stinging sand flies . . . farce laced with tears.” —Time
Download or read book Pass It On a Treasury of Virgin Islands Stories written by Jennie N. Wheatley and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2022-08-24 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While growing up in the middle of the twentieth century in the Virgin Islands, Boysie becomes known for his boldness and pulling creative pranks. Mr. Smith owns the finest genip tree in East End and already knows that Boysie likes to sneak into his orchard to taste the produce. One day when Boysie recruits two friends to help him pick the fruit while Mr. Smith is napping, the adventure doesn’t go as planned. Soon after being punished for his previous prank, Boysie makes an ill-fated choice to “borrow” a bundle of wood for his mother and realizes there are consequences for lies. When Boysie decides to learn how to swim, he is mentored by a friend who teaches him the importance of believing in himself rather than showing off in front of others. As his experiences continue, what will Boysie learn next? Pass It On shares stories that weave historical events and life into a tapestry that recaptures the bittersweet essence of the past lifestyle of the people of two small Virgin Islands villages.
Download or read book How to Escape from a Leper Colony written by Tiphanie Yanique and published by Graywolf Press. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enthralling debut collection from a singular Caribbean voice For a leper, many things are impossible, and many other things are easily done. Babalao Chuck said he could fly to the other side of the island and peek at the nuns bathing. And when a man with no hands claims that he can fly, you listen. The inhabitants of an island walk into the sea. A man passes a jail cell's window, shouldering a wooden cross. And in the international shop of coffins, a story repeats itself, pointing toward an inevitable tragedy. If the facts of these stories are sometimes fantastical, the situations they describe are complex and all too real. Lyrical, lush, and haunting, the prose shimmers in this nuanced debut, set mostly in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Part oral history, part postcolonial narrative, How to Escape from a Leper Colony is ultimately a loving portrait of a wholly unique place. Like Gabriel García Márquez, Edwidge Danticat, and Maryse Condé before her, Tiphanie Yanique has crafted a book that is heartbreaking, hilarious, magical, and mesmerizing. An unforgettable collection.
Download or read book The Legend of Cowfoot Woman and the Soldier Crab written by Enrique Corneiro and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-12-09 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Legend of Cowfoot Woman and The Soldier Crab is a Virgin Islands tale about a little girl who gets lost in the woods and is forced to work for an old witch. The little girl is surprised to meet a friendly soldier crab that can speak and who offers to help her to get home.
Download or read book Moon U S British Virgin Islands written by Susanna Henighan Potter and published by Moon Travel. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This full-color guidebook includes vibrant photos and easy-to-use maps to help with trip planning. Virgin Islands resident Susanna Henighan Potter offers firsthand knowledge of everything this paradise has to offer, from St. Croix to St. Thomas and Tortola. Potter guides readers to the most thrilling hikes in St. John's Virgin Islands National Park, the best snorkeling spots in Cruz Bay, and the most exciting carnivals and festivals on Virgin Gorda. Including unique trip strategies such as "Family Fun on St. John," "Sunken Ships and Plantations Past," and "Caribbean Life: Authentic St. Croix," Moon U.S. & British Virgin Islands gives travelers the tools they need to create a more personal and memorable experience.
Download or read book The Lamppost Man and Other Island Stories written by United States Virgin Islands. Project Introspection and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Island Tales written by Amber Drappier and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-26 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The lingering smell of wet mould hung in the air, and under the glow of the streetlight, her once shapely form was now a series of lumps and bumps clad in dirty old rags that dragged along the floor."FROM THE AUTHOR OF UNNATURAL ENCOUNTERS: ONLY IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO...Island Tales, a series of twenty-seven folklore stories featuring supernatural beings and characters from across the Caribbean region. Characters who have no doubt haunted the dreams and nightmares and maybe even lives of most Caribbean-born people. Stand among the watchful army of pop-culture statues in "The Sculptor" or join the mob against Blue, the thieving shopkeeper in "Tipping the Scales". Stroll along the riverbanks with Nerida in "Water Baby" or maybe just kick back and enjoy a special feature article in the Sunday newspaper entitled "Endless Cycle". But, however you choose to spend your time here, just be sure to remember one thing: always cast a wary eye behind you, lest you end up like poor Mr. Gundy in "Piggy Back Rides for Mr. Gundy".
Download or read book Caribbean Poetry Folktales and Short Stories written by Ophelia Powell Torres and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-03 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is written to bring laughter, humor, and enthusiasm into people's lives.
Download or read book Folk Tales and Fantasies written by Michael Anthony and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Regional Folklore written by Terry Ann Mood-Leopold and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-09-24 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An easy-to-use guide to American regional folklore with advice on conducting research, regional essays, and a selective annotated bibliography. American Regional Folklore begins with a chapter on library research, including how to locate a library suitable for folklore research, how to understand a library's resources, and how to construct a research strategy. Mood also gives excellent advice on researching beyond the library: locating and using community resources like historical societies, museums, fairs and festivals, storytelling groups, local colleges, newspapers and magazines, and individuals with knowledge of the field. The rest of the book is divided into eight sections, each one highlighting a separate region (the Northeast, the South and Southern Highlands, the Midwest, the Southwest, the West, the Northwest, Alaska, and Hawaii). Each regional section contains a useful overview essay, written by an expert on the folklore of that particular region, followed by a selective, annotated bibliography of books and a directory of related resources.
