Murray opens this anthology, the first of its kind, with an informed essay that provides a perspective on the Caribbean region in history & literature. He then presents writers ranging from Daniel Defoe to Barry Lopez, from Charles Darwin to Edward O. Wilson, Christopher Columbus, Sir Walter Raleigh, Ernest Hemingway, Maxwell Perkins, Derek Walcott, Rachel Carson, Jamaica Kincaid, & Roger Caras. With each selection Murray includes an informative introduction. 'An enthralling collection of writings that convey the beauty of the Caribbean's luminous waters, its rich, green hillsides, teeming reefs, & remarkable varied people’.
Data pubblicazione
01/01/1991