TABLE OF CONTENTS

1- Origins and Land

2- Lucayans, Explorers, and Pirates

3- The Colonization of Abaco

4- From About 1850 to About 1900

5- The Twentieth Century

 

6- Independence and Separatism

7- Contemporary Abaco: the 1970's through the 1990's

Appendix:  Boatbuilding in Abaco

Essay Describing Selected Sources

Index

 

Abaco: The History of an Out Island and its Cays by Steve Dodge, Professor of History, Millikin University Second Edition Now Available Originally published in 1983 and out of print for two years, this expanded and updated second edition has completely new sections on Lucayan Indians, Wilson City, and contemporary Abaco, and many revisions. This is the only general, comprehensive history of Abaco, Bahamas available. Cover painting by Phil Capen,; illustrated by Laurie Jones. 112 illustrations, photographs, and maps. Appendix on boatbuilding in Abaco.  Click here for a short sample of chapters one and five.

6" x 9" 256 pages, ISBN 0-932265-34-0, $17.50

 

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