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Busha's Mistress or Catherine the Fugitive
Perkins, Cyrus Francis; Lovejoy, Paul; Shepherd, Verene
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Description for Busha's Mistress or Catherine the Fugitive
Paperback. First published in a newspaper in Jamaica in 1911, this forgotten novel has been reconstructed from manuscript sources and the newspaper version. It tells the story of Catherine, a slave concubine of a cruel white overseer on the Greenside Estate, near Falmouth on Jamaica's north coast. Num Pages: 171 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 9. Weight in Grams: 260. 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 9. Weight: 260.
Recovered from the archives is Cyrus Francis Perkins' novel entitled Busha's Mistress or Catherine the Fugitive: A Stirring Romance of the Days of Slavery in Jamaica which was written in the mid-1800s and published in Jamaica in 1911 as a series of instalments in the local newspapers, the Daily Telegraph and the Jamaica Guardian. Cyrus Francis Perkins, a white Jamaican (of Canadian descent), lived through the period of Jamaica's history during which the colony was undergoing the transition from slavery to emancipation. The resulting story is, thus, rich in historically insightful details which bring that era to life and which ... Read more
Recovered from the archives is Cyrus Francis Perkins' novel entitled Busha's Mistress or Catherine the Fugitive: A Stirring Romance of the Days of Slavery in Jamaica which was written in the mid-1800s and published in Jamaica in 1911 as a series of instalments in the local newspapers, the Daily Telegraph and the Jamaica Guardian. Cyrus Francis Perkins, a white Jamaican (of Canadian descent), lived through the period of Jamaica's history during which the colony was undergoing the transition from slavery to emancipation. The resulting story is, thus, rich in historically insightful details which bring that era to life and which ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Ian Randle Publishers,Jamaica Jamaica
Number of pages
171
Condition
New
Number of Pages
171
Place of Publication
Kingston, Jamaica
ISBN
9789766370442
SKU
V9789766370442
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