Marooned In The Creeks
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Author | : J. H. O. Olowe |
Publisher | : iUniverse |
Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 2011-12 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 145027580X |
After Joshua Olowe earned his bachelor's degree in 1978, he took part in the compulsory National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) program in Nigeria. Along with his teaching partner, Samuel, Joshua served for one year in the Koloama District in the Niger Delta area as an English teacher. But though he set out to make a difference in the lives of members of the community, he encountered debilitating setbacks. Filled with rich detail and intense emotion, Marooned in the Creeks tells one man's story of navigating the challenges, joys, and opportunities of being a social and geographic transplant into an unfamiliar world. Olowe shares how his work within the small Ijaw community of Ukubie along the Akpoi creek offered him firsthand knowledge of the hardship and travails these people endured, and mirrored his own strategies and struggles he adopted to survive. Despite disliking his post and having no chance to relocate, Olowe decided to make the best of the situation. He formed an incredibly close bond with the place and the people, and found attitudes far different from his own. He details his confrontations with the school principal, his love affair with the intriguing Ebitonye, and the strange inner workings of the village itself. A compelling narrative, Marooned in the Creeks reveals how a single eye-opening experience can forever change our perception on life.
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Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 1991 |
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Author | : Helen M. McKee |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2019-02-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0429656238 |
Bringing together Jamaican Maroons and indigenous communities into one framework – for the first time – McKee compares and contrasts how these non-white, semi-autonomous communities were ultimately reduced by Anglophone colonists. In particular, questions are asked about Maroon and Creek interaction with Anglophone communities, slave-catching, slave ownership, land conflict and dispute resolution to conclude that, while important divergences occurred, commonalities can be drawn between Maroon history and Native American history and that, therefore, we should do more to draw Maroon communities into debates of indigenous issues.
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Release | : 1997 |
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Author | : Erik Molvar |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2020-05-01 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1493044370 |
Just 5 miles southwest of Aspen, the rugged peaks, broad valleys, and high passes of the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness draw throngs of visitors each year. This guide covers the vast network of trails in the fourth largest wilderness in Colorado. With detailed trails descriptions, accurate maps, and elevation profiles, this guide will show you the popular spots as well as the less-frequented ones. Veteran author Erik Molvar discovered backpacking while working on a volunteer trails crew in the North Cascades of Washington. Erik is the author of trail guides for Glacier, the Bob Marshall Wilderness, Olympic National park, and other areas, as well as Alaska on Foot: Wilderness Techniques for the Far North.
Author | : James E. Casto |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2009-02-16 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 1439622981 |
From the time settlers first pushed into the Ohio Valley, floods were an accepted fact of life. After each flood, people shoveled the mud from their doors and set about rebuilding their towns. In 1884, the Ohio River washed away 2,000 homes. In 1913, an even worse flood swept down the river. People labeled it the "granddaddy" of all floods. Little did they know there was worse yet to come. In 1937, raging floodwaters inundated thousands of houses, businesses, factories, and farms in a half dozen states, drove one million people from their homes, claimed nearly 400 lives, and recorded $500 million in damages. Adding to the misery was the fact that the disaster came during the depths of the Depression, when many families were already struggling. Images of America: The Great Ohio River Flood of 1937 brings together 200 vintage images that offer readers a look at one of the darkest chapters in the region's history.
Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks, and Forests |
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Total Pages | : 868 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Forest reserves |
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Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 1979-06 |
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Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 1997 |
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Total Pages | : 166 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Geology |
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