caribbean region

Examines and analyzes the history of U.S. involvement in twenty-four countries in Latin America and the Caribbean since the Monroe Doctrine of 1823; and includes a timeline of events for each nation, a glossary, comparative charts, and a selection of editorial cartoons.

A rhyming description of the simple and colorful life of a Caribbean fisherman.

Includes bibliographies and index. Discusses the region's past and present culture, society, history, economics, and politics.

Comprehensive visual portrait of the history, geography, and politics of Central America and the Caribbean.

Chronicles the adventures of seventeenth-century privateer Captain Henry Morgan and his crew as they traveled through the Caribbean raiding ports and attacking Spanish ships in the name of England.

Preferring to dream away the days on his Caribbean island, little Junjun tries saying magic words to get the chores done. He repeats the magic words rata-pata-scata-fata and sure enough all his wishes come true and his chores get done.

Discusses the history, language, religion, culture, industry, and family life of the Caribbean.

A fictional account of the history of the Caribbean area includes the racial, political, and economic struggles from the arrival of Columbus and Spanish control to present day problems.

Frank and Joe face danger on a tropical island in the Caribbean where they were led by a note hidden in a ventriloquist's dummy.