Historical information
Book: "Where The Twain Meet" by Mary Gaunt, 1922, publisher John Murray Albermarle Street, W.1, London
Significance
The book "Where the Twain Meet" is written by Mary Gaunt, a member of the prominent Gaunt Family who were active in the Indigo Shire during the nineteenth century. Her writing depicts in great detail the social structure and the ongoing changes that faced the people of Jamaica before and after British colonial rule. It is a historic perspective of Jamaica's reckoning with the slave trade.
Physical description
A hardcover book bound in navy blue fabric with gilt embosses titles and decals.
Inscriptions & markings
Image one: WHERE/
THE TWAIN/
MEET/
_
MARY GAUNT/
JOHN MURRAY
Image three: Sister Bessie Smythe/
Dear Bushwanderer/
With love from/
aunt Prue/
Gb. Wood/
Jan. 16 1923/
Image four: (embossed) WITH Mr MURRAY'S COMPLIMENTS/
WHERE THE TWAIN MEET/
BY MARY GAUNT/
Author of "Alone in West Africa,""A Woman in China,"/
"A Broken Journey,""The Uncounted Cost," etc./
LONDON/
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.1/
1922/
Subjects
References
- Gaunt, Mary Eliza (Minnie) (1861-1942) A biography of Mary Gaunt
- The Project Gutenberg EBook of Where The Twain Meet, by Mary Gaunt A digital copy of the book 'Where the Twain Meet"
