The Queen of Whale Cay
Summerscale, Kate, 1965-2012
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Summerscale presents a biography of 'Joe' Carstairs, the woman champion motorboat racer of the 1920s who, in the 30s, bought and became 'ruler' of the island Whale Cay, in the British West Indies, before moving to Florida where she settled for 40 years, running a steamship freightline and setting up a chain of airports.
Main title:
The Queen of Whale Cay / Kate Summerscale.
Author:
Summerscale, Kate, 1965-, author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2012.
Collation:
207 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Fourth Estate, 1997.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781408830512 (pbk)
Dewey class:
941.08209B920.CARS941.082092920
LC class:
DA566.9.C3
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2078082
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