2007, ISBN: 1406742708

[EAN: 9781406742701], Neubuch, [PU: Read Books, United Kingdom], Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****.OUR AMERICAN TROPICS By John E. Jennings, Jr. THOMAS Y. CROWELL COMPANY PUBLISH… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781406742701], Neubuch, [PU: Read Books, United Kingdom], Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****.OUR AMERICAN TROPICS By John E. Jennings, Jr. THOMAS Y. CROWELL COMPANY PUBLISHER NEW YORK COPYRIGHT, 1938 BY THOMAS Y. CROWELL COMPANY All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review to to be printed in a magazine or newspaper. Printed in the United States of America. CONTENTS PART I SOUTH FLORIDA CHAPTER PAGE I. WINTER PLAYGROUND APPROACH TO THE TROPICS . 15 II. A TALE OF Two CITIES 26 III. LAST FRONTIER 44 IV. DOWN TO THE SEA IN CARS 70 V. U. S. FARTHEST SOUTH 87 PART II PUERTO RICO VL BORINQUEN 105 VII. FACTS, FIGURES, AND A FEW CONCLUSIONS 118 VIII. THE ISLANDTHE RICH PORT 130 IX. THE ISLAND IN THE SHADOW OF EL YUNQUE 156 X. THE ISLAND PONCE AND THE SOUTH COAST 174 XL THE ISLAND MAYAGUEZ, THE WEST AND THE NORTH . 186 PART III THE VIRGIN ISLANDS XII. ELEVEN THOUSAND VIRGINS AND A SAINT 197 XIII. SAINT THOMAS AND SAINT JOHN 212 XIV. SAINT CROIX 245 INDEX 259 v INTRODUCTION IT is one of the sorrowful facts of life, which all who travel must come in time to learn, that rarely is any place exactly as we picture it first in our minds eye. To draw upon personal experience, one of the great disappointments of my life was the discovery, after many weary miles of voyaging to look upon it, that the Sahara Desert was not composed entirely of mile-high sand dunes, with tiny, palmy oases huddled in the hollows, and long trains of laden camels outlined against the sky. On the surface this might appear a gloomy beginning for a book whose main theme is travel. And yet there is a brighter side to the picture. It has also been my experience that, if we can but swallow the first bitter pill of disillusionmentand compose ourselves for a sec ond look, we will find that there are beauties and compensations far beyond the reach of our original dreams. Thus, when once I had accepted the new conception of the desert and accustomed myself to the actuality, I found in it a certain wild, unforgettable grandeur, a kind of rugged majesty, beside which all my original imaginings were like a tawdry setting upon a cheap vaudeville stage. This Pollyanna-ish parable is not without its set purpose. The traveler to the tropics, and especially to our American tropics, will find much that is disappointing. To most of us, I daresay, and es pecially to those who have never seen them, the word tropics con jures up a picture of a white, curving beach, washed by waters of crystal clearness and an indescribable shade of blue fringed with tall palms whose fronds rustle gently in the mild breeze bathed, by day, in the sizzling rays of a white hot sun, and by night washed by the soft, mellow light of a great silver moon Offshore the creamy surf may burst upon a coral reef, but tiny wavelets lap sof tly at our feet. The days are glorious and warm. The nights are pleasantly languor 8 OUR AMERICAN TROPICS ous. Coconuts and breadfruit, mangoes, papayas, Jamaica apples, soursops and sapadillos grow in profusion but for the picking. Fresh vegetables, succulent shellfish, and all manner of good things to eat appear magically upon the table at mealtimes. And there is little for man to do but sit back and enjoy it all. This, as I say, is the popular picture of the tropics. Unfortu nately it is not true. All these things are to be found. One can al ways find them singly. Sometimes one finds two or three of them together. But thecombination of them all is rare indeed. And happy is the traveler who discovers them together. Let him abide where he is and seek no further Moreover, there are other aspects of the picture which catch the average traveler totally unaware. There appears to have been a con spiracy to mislead the unsuspecting tourist with tales of the cheap ness of living. In this respect certain writers, apparently for the sake of creating a sensation, have deliberately made false statements.<

2007, ISBN: 9781406742701

Erscheinungsdatum: 15.03.2007, Medium: Taschenbuch, Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert, Titel: Our American Tropics, Autor: Jennings, John E., Verlag: Patterson Press, Sprache: Englisch, Sc… Mehr…

Erscheinungsdatum: 15.03.2007, Medium: Taschenbuch, Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert, Titel: Our American Tropics, Autor: Jennings, John E., Verlag: Patterson Press, Sprache: Englisch, Schlagworte: HISTORY // General, Rubrik: Geschichte, Seiten: 296, Informationen: Paperback, Gewicht: 398 gr, Verkäufer: averdo Sachbücher<

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