Jonestown Remembered and other Shorter Tragedies - Brewster, Erwin
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The main poem in this book is the story of the Jonestown massacre which took place in Guyana in 1978. It is related in poetic form so as to lend greater emphasis to the incidents that led up to tragedy and attempts to portray the effect it had on the lives of the members of the commune before it occurred. Shorter poems of the loss of love are also included.

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Produktbeschreibung
The main poem in this book is the story of the Jonestown massacre which took place in Guyana in 1978. It is related in poetic form so as to lend greater emphasis to the incidents that led up to tragedy and attempts to portray the effect it had on the lives of the members of the commune before it occurred. Shorter poems of the loss of love are also included.
Autorenporträt
Born in Guyana in 1939, the author, Erwin Brewster, attended secondary school there and later read law at the Universities of Durham and of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, He married and his wife Pearl, also from Guyana, bore three children. On returning to Guyana he was employed first in the sugar industry then in the bauxite industry and later in the life insurance industry both at home and abroad. He retired in 2005 after 25 years of service in the insurance industry and now lives in Florida, USA. . In his employment he managed several disparate activities and formed a good insight into the ambitions of people for themselves and their families and the difficulties they often faced in trying to attain their goals in this regard. He made it a cardinal policy to ensure that his own family was secure and their children exposed to the finest education possible in his circumstances. Among his extracurricular activities he played basketball and took an interest in debating. An avid reader, he perused several books of poetry and literature both classical and modern during his working life and since his retirement this is his most favored pastime together with a keen interest in genealogical research into his ancestry and origins. This latter activity he finds most time consuming and also most rewarding. He has authored a book on his ancestry, which is only for distribution to his family.