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Steele on CBW's Second Monday broadcast, January 9th, 2012 at
8:05AM. If you missed the live broadcast,
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About the Book
The British and US Virgin Islands in the
Caribbean was the frontier paradise of the 60’s and early 70’s where adventurers
used the islands as a base of operations for nefarious activities in the
Caribbean and South America. There were treasure hunters, counterfeiters,
assassins, Black Panthers, rock stars, movie stars, wealthy industrialists, and
lots of other folks looking for an escape from their boring ordinary mainland
living. Others brought their yachts to join the large charter fleet in St.
Thomas, stop to visit or continue on to other ports. The islands would enter
into a frenzy of development in the early 70’s that would change forever their
free, frontier paradise character. Native fishing schooners would disappear;
high speed ferries replaced colorful native transportation, a mega yacht marina
would be built on the bones of Yacht Haven Marina where most stories in this
book had their beginning; where the people who made adventure their way of life
inspired the short stories of Caribbean Bones. The ghosts of Yacht Haven, and
its Marina, still haunt Dick but in a good way. Not a day passes that he doesn’t
remember sharing a drink and laugh with Mama Cass; playing darts with “Mad Dog,”
Fairchild on Virgin Gorda; liars’ poker with actor Bill Davis at Trader Dan’s on
the waterfront or the “The Lovin’ Spoonful,” a stoned rock band neighbor at the
marina. He went to the islands to find adventure and explore the wonders of
freedom and found more than he had ever hoped for.
About the Author
Corwin's creative achievements map like a meandering stream in
an unconventional flood plain of personal consciousness. He was
writer and managing editor for, Caribe News and Reviews, Art
Director for Prout Films and Shamrock Film Studios in Orlando,
Florida. Credits include, "The Story of Kissimmee," a
promotional film for the City of Kissimmee and Disney World,
Co-author of, "Through a Lighthouse Window," with folk singer
and song writer, Glenn Yarbrough, and co-author of internet
ventures with Gail "Delta" Collins who wrote lyrics for Eric
Clapton and the '60's rock groups of Cream and Mountain. His
writings appear in "In Good Company," a collection of short
stories by Live Wire Press, and short stories for the El Ojo del
Lago magazine in Chapala, Mexico.
Corwin's second book is entitled Caribbean Bones. It chronicles
his adventures while living in the Caribbean for almost ten
years during the 60’s and early 70’s. Highlights are tales of
his involvement in; "not-for-profit treasure hunting, insurance
fraud (sinking yachts for profit), contract assassinations in
South America, sailing and diving adventures, smuggling drugs
and gem stones, a few rock stars ("I fell for Mama Cass at
Creques Alley"), local Obeah legends such as the Cow-foot woman
and other tales of life on an island when life was genuinely
good; simple in its lack of complexities and inhibitions.
