On the Rim of the Caribbean

On the Rim of the Caribbean
Author: Paul M. Pressly
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Total Pages: 386
Release: 2013-03-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0820335673

DIVHow did colonial Georgia, an economic backwater in its early days, make its way into the burgeoning Caribbean and Atlantic economies where trade spilled over national boundaries, merchants operated in multiple markets, and the transport of enslaved Africans bound together four continents? In On the Rim of the Caribbean, Paul M. Pressly interprets Georgia's place in the Atlantic world in light of recent work in transnational and economic history. He considers how a tiny elite of newly arrived merchants, adapting to local culture but loyal to a larger vision of the British empire, led the colony into overseas trade. From this perspective, Pressly examines the ways in which Georgia came to share many of the characteristics of the sugar islands, how Savannah developed as a "Caribbean" town, the dynamics of an emerging slave market, and the role of merchant-planters as leaders in forging a highly adaptive economic culture open to innovation. The colony's rapid growth holds a larger story: how a frontier where Carolinians played so large a role earned its own distinctive character. Georgia's slowness in responding to the revolutionary movement, Pressly maintains, had a larger context. During the colonial era, the lowcountry remained oriented to the West Indies and Atlantic and failed to develop close ties to the North American mainland as had South Carolina. He suggests that the American Revolution initiated the process of bringing the lowcountry into the orbit of the mainland, a process that would extend well beyond the Revolution./div

Dancing on the Rim of the World

Dancing on the Rim of the World
Author: Andrea Lerner
Publisher: Tucson : Sun Tracks : University of Arizona Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 1990
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN:

This first anthology devoted to Native American writings from the Pacific Northwest gathers the work of thirty-four artists who testify to the vibrancy of its native cultures. The 137 selections--prose as well as poetry--represent works of such well-known authors as James Welch, Duane Niatum, and Mary TallMountain, and also showcase many lesser-known writers at the start of their careers.

Over the Rim of the World

Over the Rim of the World
Author: Freya Stark
Publisher:
Total Pages: 404
Release: 1988
Genre: Authors, English
ISBN: 9780719546198

A selection of letters, including several previously unpublished, written by Freya Stark on her famous journeys. She often travelled to places alone as no other European woman had done and tells of events that are now of historical interest such as the rise of Mussolini, and the First World War.

Rim of the World Drive

Rim of the World Drive
Author: Roger G. Hatheway
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2007
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780738547701

On July 18, 1915, the Rim of the World Drive was dedicated as politicians, businessmen, and local luminaries looked on. What followed is the incredible story of how a road changed the lives of San Bernardino Mountain visitors and residents alike. In a single generation, the slow 19th-century lifestyle that moved at the pace of horses was transformed into the streamlined and fast-paced 20th-century age of the automobile. By the 1930s, a realigned high-gear route led up the hill from San Bernardino to Crestline, then along the crest to Lake Arrowhead, Running Springs, and Big Bear, and finally down the hill to Redlands. This fascinating evolution of Southern California's landmark Rim of the World Drive--from Native American trail to state highway--is showcased here in a meticulously researched presentation of rare photographs, many never before published.

Rim of the World

Rim of the World
Author: Barry Ray
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2012-07-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1477251944

Joshua MacAllisterthe mountain man's mountain mantakes on the challenge of teaching a twenty-year-old adventurer how to survive in the inhospitable Rocky Mountains. Joshua's long time enemy, Reginald Bevy, accuses him of stealing his client. Reginald Bevy had lost an ear to Josh in a drunken, barroom brawl, and is not a forgiving man. They come in contact with a Grizzly Bear that decapitates one of their horses, and continues to follow them on their journey through the Rockies. They are attacked by hostile Indians, barely survive a massive avalanche and are constantly harassed by three aggressive wolves

Rim of the World

Rim of the World
Author: James Axler
Publisher: Gold Eagle
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006-05-09
Genre: Africa
ISBN: 9780373638505

An ancient artifact with the alleged power to unlock secrets hidden for 2,000 years and restore the control of the ruthless Sumerian god has the Cerebus warriors battling bloodthirsty rebels in their determination to prevent such a destiny. Original.

Walk the World's Rim

Walk the World's Rim
Author: Betty Baker
Publisher: Harpercollins
Total Pages: 80
Release: 1965-01-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780060203818

Chakoh, a young Apache of the sixteenth century, learns from Esteban, a Spanish slave, the Spaniard's way of life as well as the meaning of such virtues as honor and courage.

Canaries on the Rim

Canaries on the Rim
Author: Chip Ward
Publisher: Verso
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2001-05-17
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781859843215

A quest to understand the secret history of ecocide in Utah.

Off the Rim

Off the Rim
Author: Sonya Spreen Bates
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2015-04-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1459808908

Dylan’s wish comes true when Coach Scott names him to the starting lineup for the Mountview High Hunters’ first game of the playoffs. But just when he should be concentrating on basketball, Dylan becomes the target of some off-court aggression. As he’s driving his girlfriend, Jenna, home one night, a black pickup truck tries to run them off the road. The police call it an accident. But even as Dylan tries to put it behind him, he has a sense of impending danger that he can’t shake. When Jenna starts receiving threats from an anonymous cyberbully telling her to “keep quiet,” Dylan becomes seriously concerned about her safety. Jenna has no idea what the cyberbully thinks she knows. But Dylan will have to help her figure it out fast if they’re ever going to feel safe again.

Driving on the Rim

Driving on the Rim
Author: Thomas McGuane
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2011-10-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 140007522X

The unforgettable story of a housepainter turned doctor in Big Sky country who finds himself on a darkly funny journey to salvation in this “irrepressibly comic and optimistic” novel (The New York Times Book Review) from the acclaimed author of Ninety-two in the Shade and Cloudbursts Berl Pickett is living in the small town of Livingston, Montana. The son of Pentecostal rug-shampooers, Pickett has never been the social toast of the town, but when he is accused of negligent homicide in the death of his former lover, he finds himself ostracized by his colleagues and realizes just how small his little village truly is. But fortunately for Berl, the very thing that sets him apart—his inability to follow the pack—proves to be his saving grace. With this inglorious hero, McGuane has created an unforgettable voyager.