Compared to other, larger islands, very little has been published about
Bequia - perhaps because people who know how special it is are loathe
to share their secret! However, any of the
publications and articles listed below will give you a real feel for
the island. All have been written or produced by individuals who share
a deep affection for this very special place.
Holiday Bequia
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A handy sized comprehensive guide to Bequia and Bequia businesses,
packed full of information. Published annually. Available from all SVG Tourism Offices, and everywhere once you
get to Bequia. A must for visitors. |
Ins
and Outs of St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Bequia Sweet, Sweet, by
Pat Mitchell
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MacMillan,
1994,
ISBN 0-333-60952-2
A tribute
and guide to the island of Bequia in the St. Vincent & Grenadines.
Fully illustrated with detailed text; an excellent, sensitive and
perceptive overview.
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Bequia
Reflections, by Julie Savage Lea
MacMillan Education Ltd., 1999
ISBN 0-333-73838-1
A delightful
collection of the artist's studies of Bequia and its people.
Julie Lea has been a
visitor to the island since 1978. She is now a permanent resident, with
a house at Spring and an art studio
in
Belmont. Her affection for her island home radiates from every page.
BRING HOME THE COLOR!
julieslea@yahoo.com
www.juliesavagelea.com
Tel: (784) 455 4677
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St. Vincent & the
Grenadines - Glimpses, by Carol Nicklaus
Tales of Bequia, by
Thomas Carl Thomsen
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Cross
River Press, 1988
ISBN
0-945288-00-X
An intimate
and very personal collection of accounts and anecdotes about Bequia and
its people, by one of the island's earliest "expat" residents.
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Clean Sweet Wind: Sailing
Craft of the Lesser Antilles, by Douglas Pyle
| Easy Reach Press, Maryland, 1981
A
fascinating look at the history of boat-building throughout the Lesser
Antilles with detailed accounts of the still surviving boat-building
and whaling traditions on Bequia. Out of print, but well worth
searching for.
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Alone in the West
Indies, by Frederick Fenger
Privately published, 1917
Whaler "Old Bill"
Wallace (left)
and the author on
Bequia c. 1914
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Another one for history and sailing buffs. Sometimes the (then) all too
accurate colonial attitude startles today's reader, but the writing
never fails to give an extrordinarily vivid sense of the recent, but
nevertheless long vanished past.
Reproduced
in full, with contemporary photographs and illustrations on line:
www.ambergriscaye.com/pages/mayan/alone_contents.html
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Blows, Mon, Blows! A
history of Bequia Whaling by Nathalie Ward
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Gecko
Productions,
Woods Hole, Maryland,
1995
A slim
volume, but packed full of information, especially concerning the
families of Bequia's illustrious "Old Bill" Wallace and "Pa"
Ollivierre, and their contribution to the development of whaling on the
island.
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The Bequia Poems, by
Richard Dey
Macmillan Caribbean, 1988
Poetry from Bequia, by
Silma Duncan
Privately published
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Bequian poet
Silma Duncan works as a security officer at Bequia airport.
Her delightful poems reflect a wide range of subjects and
concerns - departing passengers often are entertained with an impromptu
recitation after passing through security control!
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