Description

Privately Printed [Published date: 1994]. Soft cover, 293 pp. No other printings listed. Rear cover has a picture of M. Paterson and the following: "One for the archives' ... pre-publication review. In good+ condition. Lime green pictorial paper covers have light bumping and creasing to edges and corners. Spine faded. Light to moderate overall fading, scuffing and soiling to covers as well. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. Includes many ads and a few black and white photos, some gruesome. A collection of 4 docu-stories focused on notable characters and events in Grenada. The book provides insights into the socio-political landscape of Grenada during the early 20th century, as well as during the time of the People's Revolutionary Government (PRG). Contents include: Horses Eat Right Through the Night : Biographic profiles of S.A. Francis : ex-policeman, financier, plantocrat, and compulsive gambler - the man who rearranged the map of Who's Who in Grandada in the Thirties, Forties and Fifties; Pelting Mango at Stone : The factional truth behind the seizure of the Creative Arts Centre at Mona Heights (U.W.I.) Jamaica by students in 1970. A story that explores the contradiction between a University of free ideas, and a social and political estate that never welcomed either free ideas or the University; Jihad at the Mount : The Mount Rich Jihad : The first Muslim uprising west of Iran, also the first serious internal challenge to the People's Revolutionary Government. The year 1980, the most critical year of the Grenada Revolution ; No One Can Hear You Scream : St. Georges, Grenada : On June 28th, 1989, si short years after the October 19th 1983 massascre and executions on Fort George, the Commissioner of police and the U S Political Attache were killed and two others wounded, again on Fort George. The man responsible for those deaths died less than thirty minutes later. The inquest and inquiry that followed left more than a few unanswered questions.