[Rarebooks] FS: AFRO-AMERICAN (VIRGIN ISLANDS) POET

[Norman Kane]

CREQUE, CYRIL [FELIX WM.]
TRADE WINDS
Newport, R. I.: Franklin Printing House, 1934
First edition of his first book. Original cloth, nice, in dust wrapper. At top of title: "St. Thomas, Virgin Islands."   Poetry by a native Virgin Islander who never left the Islands - poet, composer, organist & heath official. Among his musical works is "From Mark of the Yoke", written in honor of the centennial of the abolition of slavery in the Virgin Islands in 1848.  "His work captures the essence of the cultural milieu during the early 1900s, reflecting the political issues of the day." (“Emancipation Garden”, “Guavaberries”, “Coal Carriers”, “From a Mountain Ridge in St. John”, “Blue Beard’s Castle”, “Plea for Tolerance”, “Snap Shots of St. Thomas”, “To Santa Crux”, &c.) 

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