Up The Demerara River

Author : Alford Khan
Publisher : novum pro Verlag
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783990483015

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Up the Demerara River by Alford Khan Pdf

This is an intriguing story about an aspiring dentist Peter and the roller-coaster drive experience he had in the hinterland, when he accompanied his father to assist the Amerindians. He experienced several encounters in the wilderness and Peter was always surrounded by his friends, Diego, Bell and Benjamin including the Commissioner, Matthew Longhorn, who later became the famous four. The most memorable is his love with Christine, and the short romance ensued between them. Peter found a great support from the Commissioner, which led him to become a wealthy man. Later, Peter took the opportunity to join the RAF to achieve his goal. Did Peter succeed in getting his diploma and married Christine? How Peter along with the Commissioner and his friends improved the life of the people in wilderness and financially helped to improve the status of the society moves the story ahead. This story is fascinating, where situation unfolds naturally and throws down the interesting human face that culminates into learning experience which is rather interesting and invigorating. Aimed at teenagers, this story is entertaining for adults and teenagers alike.

Author : Vincent Roth
Publisher : Peepal Tree Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015060620138

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A Life in Guyana: A young man's journey, 1889-1923 by Vincent Roth Pdf

As an eighteen year old, Vincent Roth arrived in British Guiana in 1907 to join his father, who was a Government Medical Officer and Magistrate. By the time he left for Barbados in 1964, Roth had spent thirty years in the interior working as a surveyor and magistrate until blackwater fever nearly killed him. Thereafter he contributed immensely to the development of Guyana as a journalist, naturalist, historian, rebuilder of the national museum and founder of the zoo in the Botanical Gardens. From an early age Vincent Roth kept a detailed, account of his experiences, often illustrated with sketches and later by watercolours, and it was from these hand-written journals that his son-in-law, Michael Bennett, edited this book. This first volume covers his early years as a child abandoned to relatives in France, Scotland and London, his reuniting at the age of twelve with his father and step-mother in Australia, his arrival in British Guiana and the first fifteen years of his work in the interior. Blessed with insatiable curiosity, a capacious and exacting memory, Vincent Roth writes vividly of surveying expeditions up the Demerara River, in the North West District, to Arakaka, Morawhanna and Moruca. There are gripping descriptions of the hazards of river travel, hauling up waterfalls and shooting rapids, and the outsize characters of the river captains such as Captain Blood, and their skill and daring. There are fascinating accounts of the peoples of the interior, the Amerindians, the porkknockers, balata bleeders, gold miners, coffee growers and smugglers. Read Roth and you'll know how to pan for gold and diamonds! Deadly snakes, tiger-cats, sloths, water-dogs, hairy bird-eating spiders, rampaging wild hogs and birds of all descriptions provide Roth with moments of wonder, alarm, food - and (as a enthusiastic taxidermist) specimens to stuff. In this volume Roth grows from callow youth to energetic and opinionated manhood, constantly getting under the skin of petty-minded colonial officials - and developing a deep, though sometimes exasperated, love for Guyana. Between 1907 and 1964, Vincent Roth contributed immensely to the development of Guyana, first as a surveyor in the interior, then as a journalist, historian and naturalist.

Author : Wipey
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781532045790

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Growing up in Guyana Formerly British Guiana by Wipey Pdf

My purpose was to share some of my life experiences as I grew up in British Guiana and Guyana. My memoir is in no way a complete autobiography of my life, but just a brief synopsis of some of my cherished years.

Author : L. R. Holder
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781481789042

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Where the Rivers Run Deep by L. R. Holder Pdf

.................. AND IN THE FACE OF ALL DISENCHANTMENT AND BROKEN DREAMS SHE MUST PREVAIL. In the quest for a career, a good life but more importantly to protect her own children from the trickery of life itself; One full of disappointments and psychological trauma and one that could mirror hers, she vows to provide for them in every way and to help them achieve their own potentials. She must conquer all adversities on her journey but fears of the unknown and what lies ahead has driven her to the point of obsession, until the only person she now fears is herself. Beaten and bruised, penniless, homeless and at times feeling worthless she must persevere, face each new day with a smile although she is screaming on the inside and is almost ... almost, just thoughts away from giving up. But she is determined to put up a fight; one that will see her through and even when she is knocked down, when the pain seems unbearable, when there are no more tears left, she must go on. She would not be defeated, gathering strength from her passion and ambition and from the prayers of her dear mother; she gets up after each knock back, dust herself off, stand tall and is ready to take on next challenge or obstacle SURE to come her way. The Victoria Regia Lily is the national Flower of Guyana.

Author : British Guiana
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1626 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1903
Category : Guyana
ISBN : CORNELL:31924069397168

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The Official Gazette of British Guiana by British Guiana Pdf

Author : Great Britain. Colonial Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 758 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1946
Category : Guyana
ISBN : UIUC:30112106936872

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Annual Report on British Guiana by Great Britain. Colonial Office Pdf

Author : Great Britain. Colonial Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1937
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : STANFORD:36105027868947

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An Economic Survey of the Colonial Territories by Great Britain. Colonial Office Pdf

Author : Seegobin Ragbeer
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 705 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781462048502

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Imperishable Memories by Seegobin Ragbeer Pdf

What seemed like a remote and fruitless yearning for a young lad to raise and fulfil his innate calling became a reality through a set of strange and seemingly fictional circumstances for truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. Purely accidental and only the workings of the three fates have caused him to acquire proper schooling, to become a school teacher and headmaster (ag.) of DeHoop Canadian Mission School, his alma materto enter into teachers college to do research work in the Certificate in Education and the Bachelor Of Education in Mona, Jamaica, and later to complete the Bachelor of Arts, in the University of Torontogreat achievements for one who never crossed the door of a High School in Guyana. For he was not only a school teacher in Guyana and Jamaica but went on to retire honorably from the teaching profession in Scarborough, Ontario, 1993. This book reveals that persevering strength of the human spirit to swim ponds, creeks, rivers and marshes; to saunter through valleys and downs; to brave thickets and thorns; to ascend hills and mountains and to reach the apex of the Wills longing. Such is the true story of Imperishable Memories!

Author : United States. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1920
Category : United States
ISBN : UOM:39015012263813

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Miscellaneous Series by United States. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce Pdf

Author : Wipey
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781532038426

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Growing up in Guyana Formerly British Guiana by Wipey Pdf

My purpose was to share some of my life experiences as I grew up in British Guiana and Guyana. My memoir is in no way a complete autobiography of my life, but just a brief synopsis of some of my cherished years.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Engineering
ISBN : UCAL:C2623775

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Engineering and Mining Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Guyana
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173008415423

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Where is It? by Anonim Pdf

Author : Leyton E. Franklin
Publisher : Outskirts Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781977204479

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Bodyguards of Stuart-Medas and Franklin-Family by Leyton E. Franklin Pdf

This inspiring ancestral history describes the lives of the Stuart-Medas and Franklin families, past and present, young and old, who contributed to the stability and human dignity of their people. In this fascinating family memoir, Leyton Eden Franklin looks at the influences that impacted and shaped his history, including the structures put in place by the British, which kept the family apart from lower-class Guyanese. Engaging, educational, and inspiring, this exploration of history gives valuable life lessons in love, endurance, and integrity for today's young generations, while honoring the extraordinary fortitude and wisdom of the past.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Caribbean Sea
ISBN : UTEXAS:059172016027975

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The Navigation of the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico: The coast of the mainland by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Hydrographic Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Pilot guides
ISBN : HARVARD:32044089381792

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The Navigation of the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico: The coast of the mainland, from Cape Orange ... to the Rio Grande del Norte ... with the adjacent islands, cays and banks. Comp. by Lieut. W. W. Gillpatrick by United States. Hydrographic Office Pdf