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Doherty, Nelita M.
JOURNEY ON.

Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

Dominican Republic: Segraf Publisher, (1998). First edition - The first in a trilogy of historical novels based on the history and the culture of the Garinagus, by this Belizian born author. "A young Carib girl, Nisani, tries to the best of her ability to comply to the rules of her tribe, the Carib Indian tribe in St. Vincent. She breaks several taboos and must bear the consequence and punishment that comes with each one." 91 pp. Cover art by the author.

Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

Book ID: 78368

Keywords: belize, Caribbean literature and history, first in series, garifuna, Garinagus, historical fiction, st vincent, young adult

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Doherty, Nelita M.
GARINAGUS EXILE.

Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

Dominican Republic: Segraf Publisher, (1999). First edition - The third and last book in the Garinagu series, tells the story of Tisani, born in the last quarter of the 18th century, the great-granddaughter of Nisani. It follows the struggles of the young tribe to find a safe haven and their flight through the Caribbean. The author comments that "It deals with when the British troops went in to try to get them out of St. Vincent; what they had to do to evade the British soldiers. For a long time they were in hiding, in deplorable conditions, trying to evade the British soldiers until finally they were captured, exiled from St. Vincent. It goes on to deal with the…
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Dominican Republic: Segraf Publisher, (1999). First edition - The third and last book in the Garinagu series, tells the story of Tisani, born in the last quarter of the 18th century, the great-granddaughter of Nisani. It follows the struggles of the young tribe to find a safe haven and their flight through the Caribbean. The author comments that "It deals with when the British troops went in to try to get them out of St. Vincent; what they had to do to evade the British soldiers. For a long time they were in hiding, in deplorable conditions, trying to evade the British soldiers until finally they were captured, exiled from St. Vincent. It goes on to deal with the first island they went to, which was Balicu, being moved again by the British soldiers until eventually they made their way to Honduras, and later branched out to British Honduras" which is now Belize. 237 pp plus 1 pp bibliography. Cover art by the author.
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Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

Book ID: 78370

Keywords: belize, Caribbean literature and history, garifuna, Garinagus, historical fiction, latin american, st vincent, young adult

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Kerns, Virginia.
WOMEN AND THE ANCESTORS: Black Carib Kinship and Ritual.

Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.

Chicago: University of Illinois Press, (1997). Second edition of this classic study of Black Carib culture and its preservation through ancestral rituals, originally published in 1983. This edition includes a new foreword by Constance R. Sutton and a new afterword by the author. Appendices, references, index. 247 pp. ISBN: 0-252-066650.

Condition: Fine (as new.)

Book ID: 26452

Keywords: anthropology, belize, black carib, Caribbean literature and history, dugu, female shamans, garifuna, garinagu, kinship rituals, religious rituals, sorcery

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Snell, Roy J. (1878-1959)
FORBIDDEN CARGOES: A Mystery Story for Boys #10.

Edition: First or very early edition.

Chicago: Reilly & Lee, (1927.). Hardcover - Adventure novel set in the jungles of Central America - in what was then British Honduras, and is now Belize. 282 pp.

Condition: Very good in red cloth with black lettering (some offsetting to endpapers and the usual toning to pages, but overall a straight and tight copy)

Book ID: 79951

Keywords: belize, boys adventure series, british honduras, central america, Juvenile series

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Westlake, Donald.
HIGH ADVENTURE.

Edition: First printing.

New York: Mysterious Press, (1985.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Comic adventure story set in the jungles of Belize in Central America. SIGNED on the title page. Map frontispiece. Interior drawings by Sean Westlake. 326 pp. Dust jacket art by David Tamura. ISBN: 0-89296-1236.

Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

Book ID: 52163

Keywords: belize, central america setting, Mystery, Suspense and Detective Fiction

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