VINCENT ROTH A LIFE IN GUYANA
ROTH, VINCENT
ISBN 10: 1900715546 ISBN 13: 9781900715546
Published by Peepal Tree Press Ltd., 2002
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s an eighteen year old, Vincent Roth arrived in British Guiana in 1907 to join his father, who was a Government Medical Officer and Magistrate. By the time he left for Barbados in 1964, Roth had spent thirty years in the interior working as a surveyor and magistrate until blackwater fever nearly killed him. Thereafter he contributed immensely to the development of Guyana as a journalist, naturalist, historian, rebuilder of the national museum and founder of the zoo in the Botanical Gardens.
From an early age, Vincent Roth kept a detailed account of his experiences, often illustrated with sketches and later by watercolors. It was from these handwritten journals that his son-in-law edited this book. The first volume covers his early years as a child abandoned to relatives in France, Scotland, and London. It also covers his reuniting at the age of 12 with his father and stepmother in Australia, his arrival in British Guyana, and the first 15 years of his work in the interior.
Between 1907 and 1964, Vincent Roth contributed immensely to the development of Guyana, first as a surveyor in the interior, then as a journalist, historian and naturalist.
About the Author: Bennett is Assistant Professor of English at Long Island University.
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Title: VINCENT ROTH A LIFE IN GUYANA
Publisher: Peepal Tree Press Ltd.
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: NEW