Gems of The Bahamas: A Collection of Exciting Stories from The Bahamas

Gems of the Bahamas is Huntley Palmer Christie's second book to portray the cultural heritage, beliefs, and customs of a unique people on the fringe of the Caribbean Sea—the Bahamian people. There is much about the lifestyles of the Bahamian people that is engaging. The author invites the reader to read the stories and learn about the innocence, and share the humour, of his people in the sunny Commonwealth of the Bahamas, an island nation southeast of Florida, the tourist paradise of the CaribbeanThe collection of short stories shows the Bahamas at its best and perhaps most capricious. Peopled by a collection of mischief makers, fun lovers, all superstitious and religious to a fault, Dr. Christie paints a picture of a hardworking people who have time to play and pray., worry and scheme, but in total represent tight-knit communities that care for each other and strive to bring their children up to respect life and enjoy a better world. The reader is invited to join with Dr. Christie as he takes you on a journey to the innermost thoughts and fears of an island people.