Pearls from Hearl

On this page you will be advised on good books regarding St Helena and also on the South Atlantic. These recommendations come from one of the greatest authorities in the field - Mr Trevor Hearl of Cheltenham, UK. For many years he has been involved with The St Helena Link - a support for education and culture in St Helena.

Top books for the enthusiast must include

GOSSE, Philip: St. Helena 1502-1938 (2nd edition 1990) ISBN 0 904614 395 EDWARDS, Alasdair: Fish and Fisheries of St. Helena Island (1992) ISBN 0 9516480 0 4 CANNAN, Edward: Churches of the South Atlantic Islands 1502-1991 (1994) ISBN 0 904614 47 6 EVANS, Dorothy: Schooling in the South Atlantic Islands 1661-1992 ISBN 0 904614 51 4 BAIN, Kenneth: St. Helena, the Island, her People and their Ship (1993) ISBN 947828 17 6

Visitors should include, in addition to the excellent Tourist Map:

MATHIESON, Ian & CARTER, Laurence: Exploring St. Helena: A Walker's Guide ISBN 0 904614 49 2

There are other books on the stocks wich St. Helena-watchers will want to look out for, most notably...

ASHMOLE, Philip & Myrtle: The Natural History of St. Helena and Ascension Island (Anthony Nelson, Oswestry)

This should be available in mid-1997. Another important title in the literature of St. Helena natural history is now in paperback:

GROVE, Richard H: Green Imperialism: Colonial Expansion, Tropical Island Edens and the Origins of Environmentalism 1600-1860

Those with a Napoleonic interest in St. Helena can look forward - or not - to a new biography of Hudson Lowe due out Dec 1996:

GREGORY, Desmond: Napoleon's Jailer, Lt. Gen. Sir Hudson Lowe, a Life (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press) ISBN 0 8386 3657 8

Finally, an updated version of Simon Winchester's "Outposts" in which St. Helena will feature prominently, is due out in mid-1997.

These books can be ordered from

Miles Apart

Ian & Alison Mathieson 5, Harraton House Exning Newmarket Suffolk CB8 7HF, UK Fax: 01638-577874

Laurence & Melitta Carter 5929, Avon Drive Bethesda, MD 20814, USA Tel: 1301-571-8942

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