Peter Halder

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The Alligator and the Sun (eBook, ePUB)

Beschreibung

The Alligator and the Sun and other rainforest tales

Nine captivating tales, which weave a tapestry of the unbelievable and fascinating ancient rainforest lore of the Amerindians of Guyana on South America's Caribbean coast.
In the title tale, the Alligator outwits the Sun and pays the price with scars on his body.
The two sons of the Sun find witchcraft and adventure in tales, "The Twins Revenge on the Tiger" and "Why the Forest Toad Has Bumps."
The Piai or Medicine Man plies his trade in the stories "The Dream" and "The Revenge of the Piai."
In the "The Yawarri and the Tortoise" the yawarri (an opossum) tries to outsmart a tortoise which it dislikes but finds itself outwitted in the end.

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Autor

Peter Halder is the pen name of Burnett Alexander Halder. He was born in Guyana, formerly British Guyana, and educated there, the United Kingdom and the University of the West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago.

Peter worked as a journalist and later joined the Government Service. He served in District Administration, Licence Revenue and Foreign Affairs. As a diplomat, he was Deputy Head of Mission, Guyana Embassy, Washington D.C., U.S.A. and subsequently appointed High Commissioner to Canada. He resigned and accepted an appointment as a Consultant with the Government of Fiji. He later became a Consultant with the Fiji Embassy to the U.S.A. and after, with the Fiji Permanent Mission to the United Nations.

Peter received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Guyana Cultural Association of New York, USA and Editor's Awards from The National Library of Poetry, Maryland, USA. His first book, The Cat of Muritaro, was published in 2012. He has a blogsite at www.peterhalder.wordpress.com/ at which his nostalgias, articles, short stories, and poems can be read.

He is now retired and lives with his family in Virginia, U.S.A.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Proglen
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9786167817439
• Artikelnr.: 72711526