Author: Nancy Orr Johnson Jensen
Publisher: Mayhaven Pub
ISBN: 9781878044969
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Historical view of Bailey Island, ME. Many vintage photos
Bailey Island
Author: Nancy Orr Johnson Jensen
Publisher: Mayhaven Pub
ISBN: 9781878044969
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Historical view of Bailey Island, ME. Many vintage photos
Publisher: Mayhaven Pub
ISBN: 9781878044969
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Historical view of Bailey Island, ME. Many vintage photos
The Day I Fell Off My Island
Author: Yvonne Bailey-Smith
Publisher: Myriad Editions
ISBN: 1912408961
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
'Striking...an unforgettable cast of characters you'd expect to find in the grandest work of fiction.'—Candice Carty-Williams'Juggling laughter and tears with every page, this remarkable journey of discovery tells of one young woman's captivating search for self in a new and challenging environment.'—Margaret Busby'Brims with the pleasure of a story well-told, and with the command of a writer who is comfortable moving between the many registers of Jamaican English.'—Kwame Dawes'Beautiful, evocative and powerfully engaging. I loved this book.'—Francesca MartinezIt's 1969 and Erna Mullings has just arrived in London from Jamaica.Finding herself in a strange country, with a mother she barely recognises and a stepfather she despises, Erna is homesick, lost and lonely. But her life is about to change irrevocably.A story of reluctant immigration and the relationship between children and the people who parent them, The Day I Fell Off My Island is engrossing, courageous and psychologically insightful. Yvonne Bailey-Smith writes with great warmth and humanity as she explores estrangement, transition and, ultimately, the triumph of resilience and hope.
Publisher: Myriad Editions
ISBN: 1912408961
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
'Striking...an unforgettable cast of characters you'd expect to find in the grandest work of fiction.'—Candice Carty-Williams'Juggling laughter and tears with every page, this remarkable journey of discovery tells of one young woman's captivating search for self in a new and challenging environment.'—Margaret Busby'Brims with the pleasure of a story well-told, and with the command of a writer who is comfortable moving between the many registers of Jamaican English.'—Kwame Dawes'Beautiful, evocative and powerfully engaging. I loved this book.'—Francesca MartinezIt's 1969 and Erna Mullings has just arrived in London from Jamaica.Finding herself in a strange country, with a mother she barely recognises and a stepfather she despises, Erna is homesick, lost and lonely. But her life is about to change irrevocably.A story of reluctant immigration and the relationship between children and the people who parent them, The Day I Fell Off My Island is engrossing, courageous and psychologically insightful. Yvonne Bailey-Smith writes with great warmth and humanity as she explores estrangement, transition and, ultimately, the triumph of resilience and hope.
The Christmas Island Story
Author: Eric Evans Bailey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kiritimati (Kiribati)
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kiritimati (Kiribati)
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Poplar Island
Author: Peter K. Bailey
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781456460150
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
True story of a young boy growing up on an island in the Chesapeake Bay and going to school by boat. Book includes an interesting history of this unique island, the first settlement in Talbot County, and also the home to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's exclusive "Jefferson Islands Club" in the 1930's. Also included is the story of the island's incredible reconstruction, started in 1998, after the island had all but washed away.
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781456460150
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
True story of a young boy growing up on an island in the Chesapeake Bay and going to school by boat. Book includes an interesting history of this unique island, the first settlement in Talbot County, and also the home to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's exclusive "Jefferson Islands Club" in the 1930's. Also included is the story of the island's incredible reconstruction, started in 1998, after the island had all but washed away.
God, Dr. Buzzard, and the Bolito Man
Author: Cornelia Bailey
Publisher: Doubleday Books
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
"In this memoir, Sapelo Island native Cornelia Walker Bailey tells the history of her threatened Georgia homeland." "Off the coast of Georgia, a small close-knit community of African Americans traces their lineage to enslaved West Africans. Living on a barrier island in almost total isolation the people of Sapelo have been able to do what most others could not: They have preserved many of the folkways of their forebears in West Africa, believing in "signs and spirits and all kinds of magic."" "Cornelia Walker Bailey, a direct descendant of Bilali, the most famous and powerful enslaved African to inhabit the island, is the keeper of cultural secrets and the sage of Sapelo. In words that are poetic and straight to the point, she tells the story of Sapelo - including the Geechee belief in the equal power of God, "Dr. Buzzard" (voodoo), and the "Bolito Man" (luck)." "But her tale is not without peril, for the old folkways are quickly slipping away. The elders are dying, the young must leave the island to go to school and to find work, and the community's ability to live on the land is in jeopardy. The State of Georgia owns nine-tenths of the land and the pressure on the inhabitants is ever-increasing." "Cornelia Walker Bailey is determined to save the community, but time will tell whether the people of Sapelo will be able to retain the land, and the treasured culture which their forebears bestowed upon them more than two hundred years ago."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Publisher: Doubleday Books
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
"In this memoir, Sapelo Island native Cornelia Walker Bailey tells the history of her threatened Georgia homeland." "Off the coast of Georgia, a small close-knit community of African Americans traces their lineage to enslaved West Africans. Living on a barrier island in almost total isolation the people of Sapelo have been able to do what most others could not: They have preserved many of the folkways of their forebears in West Africa, believing in "signs and spirits and all kinds of magic."" "Cornelia Walker Bailey, a direct descendant of Bilali, the most famous and powerful enslaved African to inhabit the island, is the keeper of cultural secrets and the sage of Sapelo. In words that are poetic and straight to the point, she tells the story of Sapelo - including the Geechee belief in the equal power of God, "Dr. Buzzard" (voodoo), and the "Bolito Man" (luck)." "But her tale is not without peril, for the old folkways are quickly slipping away. The elders are dying, the young must leave the island to go to school and to find work, and the community's ability to live on the land is in jeopardy. The State of Georgia owns nine-tenths of the land and the pressure on the inhabitants is ever-increasing." "Cornelia Walker Bailey is determined to save the community, but time will tell whether the people of Sapelo will be able to retain the land, and the treasured culture which their forebears bestowed upon them more than two hundred years ago."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Income tax
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Income tax
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
Book Description
The Coast of Summer
Author: Anthony Bailey
Publisher: Sheridan House, Inc.
ISBN: 9781574090741
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Anthony Bailey was a staff writer for The New Yorker for 35 years and is the author of 18 books, including The Inside Passage.
Publisher: Sheridan House, Inc.
ISBN: 9781574090741
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Anthony Bailey was a staff writer for The New Yorker for 35 years and is the author of 18 books, including The Inside Passage.
Coastal Waterbird Colonies
Author: Carl E. Korschgen
Publisher:
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Category : Bird populations
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Bird populations
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Maine's Casco Bay Islands
Author: David Tyler
Publisher: Down East Books
ISBN: 0892728310
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 81
Book Description
A general guide for visitors of the Casco Bay islands in Maine and greater Portland, this book includes profiles of the major islands in the bay; features on local history, island geology, and island wildlife; information about mainland departure points and tips on how to get to the islands; and maps of the individual islands profiled in the book.
Publisher: Down East Books
ISBN: 0892728310
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 81
Book Description
A general guide for visitors of the Casco Bay islands in Maine and greater Portland, this book includes profiles of the major islands in the bay; features on local history, island geology, and island wildlife; information about mainland departure points and tips on how to get to the islands; and maps of the individual islands profiled in the book.
United States Coast Pilot
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pilot guides
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pilot guides
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description