What Frances Mayes did for Tuscany, Don Noel has done for Jamaica. In 1966, he and his wife discovered, on the island's South Coast, an unspoiled, out-of-the-way village where most residents make their living fishing on the Pedro Bank 50 miles off shore - "far sea," as the fishermen call it. They built a beachfront house, embellishing it over the years with a tennis court, a swimming pool and other improvements - and fending off roaming goats to establish lush plantings of tropical flowers and trees. They got to know their neighbors, and found ways to be helpful. Near a Far Sea is the often-comic story of coping with a Third World bureaucracy and an unsophisticated labor force to make it all happen. But it's a story that focuses on the village neighbors - thumbnail character studies that illuminate the life of a Jamaican fishing village. The subtext includes commentaries on British colonialism and attitudes about race, and notes on tropical trees and fruits, flowers, farmers' markets, birds, the Jamaican fishery, education and more. It's a book that will engage you by the colorful folk who populate it.
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Don Noel is retired from a prize-winning career in television and newspaper journalism that earned him a place in Who's Who in America. He and his wife, Elizabeth Brad Noel, live in an African-American and Jamaican neighborhood in Hartford, CT, and have been deeply involved as volunteers addressing urban issues for four decades; he now is chair of the ACLU of Connecticut. They take delight in sharing their island hideaway with their daughter Emily, her husband Tim and their seven-year-old grandson "TJ".
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This book was so perfect, because we went to Jamaica. Treasure Beach. We actually met the boat builder that was written about in this book. What a true pleasure it was. There is no place on earth like SWEET JAMAICA!~~
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Mister Valney, Treasure Beach, Don Noel, Mister Arthur, Brother Elbert, Miss Olive, Black River, Billy's Bay, Montego Bay, Miss Sheila, United States, Mister Endley, Calabash Bay, Mister Hedley, Lester Lyn, Miss Esmie, South Coast, Mister Vincent, Miss Hilma, Miss Joyce, Pedro Banks, Richard Todd, The Gleaner, John Todd, Miss Cislyn Browse Sample Pages:
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Mister Valney, Treasure Beach, Don Noel, Mister Arthur, Brother Elbert, Miss Olive, Black River, Billy's Bay, Montego Bay, Miss Sheila, United States, Mister Endley, Calabash Bay, Mister Hedley, Lester Lyn, Miss Esmie, South Coast, Mister Vincent, Miss Hilma, Miss Joyce, Pedro Banks, Richard Todd, The Gleaner, John Todd, Miss Cislyn Browse Sample Pages:
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