The West Indies and the Spanish Main

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Carroll & Graf, 1999 - 371 páginas
Coping with ill-iced claret, rotten walnuts, and withered apples, British Postal Service employee and successful Victorian novelist Anthony Trollope sailed aboard the Atrato from the English port of Southampton to Kingston, Jamaica, in November, 1858 to survey land and conclude treaties in the West Indies and Central America for the English government. In the course of his extended sojourn, he also wrote a book -- not about official business but rather about the islands he visited and the people he met; about breathtaking landscapes, exotic foods, the tropical climate, earthquakes, Panamanian railroads, Cuban cigars, racial hierarchies, and colonial customs.

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The West Indies and the Spanish Main
Anthony Trollope
Vista completa - 1859
The West Indies and the Spanish Main
Anthony Trollope
Vista completa - 1859

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Anthony Trollope was born in London, England on April 24, 1815. In 1834, he became a junior clerk in the General Post Office, London. In 1841, he became a deputy postal surveyor in Banagher, Ireland. He was sent on many postal missions ending up as a surveyor general in the post office outside of London. His first novel, The Macdermots of Ballycloran, was published in 1847. His other works included Castle Richmond, The Last Chronicle of Barset, Lady Anna, The Two Heroines of Plumplington, and The Noble Jilt. He died after suffering from a paralytic stroke on December 6, 1882.

Información bibliográfica

TítuloThe West Indies and the Spanish Main
AutorAnthony Trollope
ColaboradorFred D'Aguiar
Ediciónilustrada, revisada
EditorCarroll & Graf, 1999
ISBN0786706384, 9780786706389
Largo371 páginas
  
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