Combing The Caribbees

New York: Dodd,Mead & Company, 1929. Off the beaten track in the Lesser Antilles, Santo Domingo and Haiti: written by Harry L. Foster, known for his many books of travel and adventure. It was the author's intention , when he sailed for the East Indies, to write merely a handbook... which he did for the winter tourist. But on the way, he stopped wherever an island pleased his fancy, to live among the natives in many a picturesque atoll beyond the tourist trail. 'Combing the Caribbee's' is the story of the author's observations and wanderings in the less-visited regions of the Caribbean. He tells of life in Guadeloupe, where there are only nine commandments, of voyages in sailing ships and cargo boats to Martinique, the Windward Isles, and the Venezuelan coast, and particularly of tramps on foot through the mountains of black Haiti, where the voodoo drums still echo.... Nineteen chapters and a most generous list of illustrations provided. Frontispiece and all photo illustrations on heavier semi-gloss stock. Gilt decoration and title print to red bordered buckham boards and spine. Untrimmed foredge. Map endpapers showing route taken. Wear to spine bottom. Illustrated, price-intact dust jacket carries illustrator's name to front panel. A well-written, well-illustrated book for your travel enjoyment.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.