 | - Author: Colonel C.L.G. Harris
- ISBN: 9780929540737
- Our Price: $14.95 US / £9.00 UK
- Description: Colonel C. L. G. Harris brings several gripping battlefield encounters to life with flowing, flawless verse in this epic tale that recaptures events of the "Nanny era." Grandy Nanny, Jamaica’s 7th National Hero, led the Maroons of Jamaica in a series of scintillating military conquests over highly trained British forces.
The Chieftainess depicts the value of a strong work ethic and its rewards—self-help and independence brought success to the Maroons. Therefore, educators will find an ally in this book in inspiring youth to achieve their objectives against overwhelming odds. "People of the most humble origins can rise to dizzying heights of conquest; yet this can all be lost in less than a generation—as can be observed in some Maroon communities today and often in the wider Jamaica society," observed Mark Harris, son of the author.
One notable poet’s definition of good poetry is "it should make the hairs on the back of the neck stand on end." The Chieftainess: Glimpses of Grandy Nanny will not disappoint its audience. The book is fast-moving and full of treachery, deceit, and daring escapes.
- Comments:
"It is fitting that we should meet again in these pages. At last we can imagine, through the Colonel’s lines, this magical warrior-leader—his personal ancestor, Grandy Nanny. How powerful is this knowledge that only a Maroon leader could endow to our literature!"
-Kamau Brathwaite, Ph.D.
Professor, New York University
Professor Emeritus, University of the West Indies
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