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"BAHAMAS ISLANDS", "BAHAMAS OUT ISLANDS",
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from the "search findings" list that's initially presented
by Amazon. You can also order from a relatively comprehensive
selection of OUT ISLANDS info, history and cruising publications
directly from Steve Dodge's White Sound Press.
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Additional Suggestions
[WSP] Abaco: The History of an Out Island and its Cays by Steve
Dodge, Professor of History, Millikin University (Second Edition
Now Available). Originally published in 1983 and out of print
for two years, this expanded and updated second edition has completely
new sections on Lucayan Indians, Wilson City, and contemporary
Abaco, and many revisions. This is the only general, comprehensive history
of Abaco, Bahamas available. Cover painting by Phil Capen,; illustrated by
Laurie Jones. 112 illustrations, photographs, and maps. Appendix
on boatbuilding in Abaco.
6" x
9" 256 pages
ISBN 0-932265-34-0
$17.50
[WSP] The Cruising Guide to Abaco, Bahamas:
1999 by Steve
Dodge assisted by Jeff and Jon Dodge.
This is the tenth annual edition of our cruising guide which
has charts based on our own hydrographic research with a complete
system of waypoints for Abaco as well as for the crossing from
Florida. Includes aerial photographs, cruising directions, harbour
descriptions, business directories for each settlement, articles
of interest, and advertisements.
8 1-2" x
11" 136 pp.
ISBN 0-932265-52-9
$12.95
[WSP] Inlet ChartBook: Florida's East Coast, by Steve Dodge, assisted
by Jeff and Jon Dodge.
Provides charts and color aerial photographs of all ocean inlets
on the east coast of Florida from the St. John's River-Jacksonville
to Government Cut-Miami. Designed to be used as a complement
to other guides and charts, it provides detailed up-to-date information
regarding the inlets many of which are greyed out on NOAA charts
and ignored in most cruising guides. Hydrographic research done
in 1997 and 1998; aerial photos in March 1998. Will be updated
periodically; first in a series.
8 1-2"
x 7" 40 pages
ISBN 0-932265-48-0
$12.95
Island Captain:
The Memoirs of Ernest Dean, by Captain Earnest Dean and Gary Woodcock.
Ernest Dean still lives in Sandy Point where he was born, but
he traveled from there as a boy to live at a remote lighthouse
so the lighthouse keeper could teach him to read. He became captain
of the mailboat, and made regular trips between Sandy Point and
Nassau. This autobiography provides a good look at island life.
8 1-2"
x 7" 128 pp.
ISBN 0-932265-42-1
$14.95
Wind from the
Carolinas,
by Robert Wilder. Engaging novel tells story of Ronald Cameron,
a loyalist planter from South Carolina, who moved to Exuma in
the Bahamas after the American Revolution. He planned to rebuild
his plantation in Exuma, but he and his descendants were molded
by island life.
567 pp.
ISBN 1-877838-09-8
$13.95
Published by Bluewater Books.
[WSP] A Guide and History of Hope Town, by Steve Dodge. Walking
tour with brief history, illustrated.
60 pp.
ISBN 0-932265-19-7
$4.50
[WSP] The Complete Guide to Nassau, by Steve Dodge. Walking
tour with detailed maps, history, restaurants, and even includes
a chapter on casino gambling, illustrated.
116 pp.
ISBN 0-932265-04-9
$4.95
[WSP] Bahamas Between Worlds, by Dean Collinwood. Analysis of Bahamian
modernization by sociologist.
122 pp.
ISBN 0-932265-15-4
$10.95
[WSP] Modern Bahamian Society, ed. by Dean Collinwood
and Steve Dodge. Anthology of articles on Bahamian political,
economic, and social-cultural developments.
278 pp.
$15.95
Published by Caribbean Books - AVAILABLE ONLY THROUGH WHITE SOUND
PRESS
Reminiscences
of an Island Teacher, by Jack Ford. Diary written by Englishman who was
teacher and educational administrator in Abaco during 1940s and
1950s.
104 pp.
ISBN 0-932265-24-3
$9.95
The Bahamas Index
and Yearbook.
This reference book has been published each year since 1986.
Includes index to Nassau's two daily newspapers, yearbook essays,
and interviews with Bahamian leaders.
Library binding $100.
Paper binding $49.95.
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ABACO PUBLICATION SUBSCRIPTIONS - Magazines, Newspapers
and Periodicals
Abaco Life, an
island magazine about Abaco, Bahamas
To browse
previous issues of this publication, please click here.
Published
continuously since 1979, Abaco Life is a full colour quarterly
LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE printed on high quality glossy paper. This
publication offers features on the people, history, events and
activities in Abaco, including diving, fishing, boating, beach-combing
and much more. An Abaco Life subscription is available by CLICKING
HERE.
Guide To The
Abacos
Recently
revised by the staff of Abaco Life, this annual publication is
the definitive GUIDEBOOK to the Abaco Islands. It is available
by
CLICKING HERE.
The Abaconian
To browse
previous issues of this publication, please click here.
As the only TRADITIONAL NEWSPAPER in the Abaco islands, The Abaconian
is published twice monthly in full color and tab format. Subscriptions
are available to keep you fully informed and up-to-date on the
who, what, where, when and how of the Abaco Islands. A subscription
to The Abaconian is available by CLICKING HERE.
