W. Adolphe Roberts, These Many Years: An Autobiography

Marc Notes: W. Adolphe Roberts (1886-1962) was a prolific. As a political activist he also laid the groundwork for Jamaican independence. Finally published, 52 years after his death, his autobiography offers a representative Caribbean life: rural upbringing, precocious talent, travel to the USA, literary success, adventures across the world, involvement in politics, return to Jamaica.

Contributor Bio:  Hulme, Peter Peter Hulme is Professor of Literature at the University of Essex. He is the author of Colonial Encounters: Europe and the Native Caribbean, 1492-1797 and Remnants of Conquest: The Caribs and Their Visitors, 1877-1998. He is co-editor, with William H. Sherman, of The Tempest and Its Travels and, with Tim Young, of the Cambridge Companion to Travel Writing.