Caribe

About this book

Volume I - The historical novel Caribbean (1989), written by James A. Michener, depicts the history of the Caribbean region from the time of the classical Mayans... The Caribes (caríbales) -- agressive cannibals and savage warriors against their "pacific" rivals: the Arahuacos (Arawaks) and the Guanahatabeyes original tribes from Cuba and the Islands... It mixes fact and fiction as Michener notes in the foreword. For example, the story about the island of All Saints is purely fictional, though t