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VI Settler's Handbook
The VI Settler's Handbook has been the number relocation guide to the US Virgin Islands for the past 40 years and is in high demand by individuals who either want to relocate here or invest in one way or another. The VI Settler's Handbook contains A-to-Z information relative to all aspects of life in the Virgin Islands ranging from history, culture, sports, recreation, government, interesting factoids, as well as an in-depth Services Directory highlighting products and services in the areas of shipping, real estate, appraising, surveying, constructing, insurance, sales and installation of furnishings and appliances, automotive rentals and dealerships, etc.
Imperial Material
"Alvita Akiboh's book reveals how US national identity has been created, challenged, and transformed through embodiments of empire found in its territories, whether stamps, flags, or currency. These objects are economic and symbolic, but they also encode the relationships between territories-including the Philippines, the Marshall Islands, Puerto Rico, and Palau-and the empire with which they are entangled. Akiboh shows how such items became objects of local power, transmogrifying their original intent. For even if imperial territories were not always front and center for federal lawmakers and administrators, the people living there remained continuously aware of the imperial United States, whose presence announced itself on every bit of currency, every stamp, and the local flag"--
Masqueraders Musicians and the Old Time St. Croix Christmas Festival
The book highlights masqueraders on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands to include Viggo Roberts, Lionel Huntt and Asta Williams along with stories aout Paddy Moore, Fritz "Marshall" Sealey, Albert Halliday and other street performers who performed on certain holidays. Two Crucian musicians, Ernest "Prince" Galloway and Dr. Stanley Jacobs, share stories about their musical careers. The organization of the Old Time St. Croix Christmas Festival is researched and documented. The book contains information on troupe leaders such as Floyd Henderson, Lillian Bailey, Amy P. Joseph for the Eve's Garden Troupe, the Gentlemen of Jones and Genevieve "Jenny" Thurland. Former Senator Lilliana Belardo de O'Neal describes the significance of Three King's Day and the contributions of Puerto Ricans to the St. Croix Festival. The photographs provide colorful images of the costumes worn by participants during that period. The book is educational, historical and cultural for present and future generations of Virgin Islanders to enjoy.
The 17th Edition Settler's Handbook for the U. S. Virgin Islands
"The Settler's Handbook" is highly recommended as an informative source for those considering moving to, or investing in, the U.S. Virgin Islands of St. Croix, St. Thomas or St. John. This 190-page reference book has a 25-year history and updates periodically. It features chapters on each of the three Virgin Islands, including island culture, history, relocation, housing, and local services such as: real estate, government offices, physicians, civic groups to join. The Settler's HandbookHighlights: -How to move personal effects, pets, or a car -How to register your vehicle -Whether to first rent, buy or build a home -How to dress for the Caribbean climate ?What type of furniture works best in this climate -The marine industry -How to deal with cultural changes -Lists of schools, churches -Information on taxes, and starting a business -Community life: entertainment, holidays -Growing your own garden
The Eighteenth Edition Settler's Handbook for the US Virgin Islands
A relocation guide to the USVI - St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas,
The Nineteenth Edition Settler's Handbook for the US Virgin Islands
Relocation guide to movers on living, working or investing in the US Virgin Islands
One Grand Noise
For many, December 26 is more than the day after Christmas. Boxing Day is one of the world’s most celebrated cultural holidays. As a legacy of British colonialism, Boxing Day is observed throughout Africa and parts of the African diaspora, but, unlike Trinidadian Carnival and Mardi Gras, fewer know of Bermuda’s Gombey dancers, Bahamian Junkanoo, Dangriga’s Jankunú and Charikanari, St. Croix’s Crucian Christmas Festival, and St. Kitts’s Sugar Mas. One Grand Noise: Boxing Day in the Anglicized Caribbean World delivers a highly detailed, thought-provoking examination of the use of spectacular vernacular to metaphorically dramatize such tropes as “one grand noise,” “foreday morn...
Cheyenne Autumn
Records the struggles of the northern Cheyenne who battled the United States Cavalry in an effort to return to their Yellowstone homelands
The Cheyenne
Examines the history, changing fortunes, and current situation of the Cheyenne Indians.
