1930 Bermuda Handwritten Travel Diary, Ship SS Fort St George, Furness Line

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1930 Bermuda Handwritten Travel Diary, Ship SS Fort St George, Furness Line:
$261.00

1930 Bermuda Handwritten Travel Diary, Ship SS Fort St George, Furness-Bermuda Line

Handwritten diary of a young man (not identified) with wonderful detailed entries, multiple pages.

134pp, 3.5\" x 5.5\", in leather bound Records of the Travel book by Samuel Ward Mfg Co., Boston. Includes the pencil.

Feb. 18 - March 14, 1930.

It begins and ends at the Hotel Piccadilly in New York City. He stays at the Victoria Lodge in Hamilton, Bermuda.

Content: Shipboard; military band at Par la Ville Gardens; to St George\'s Island, Crystal Cave; boat to Paget and Warwick parishes;to Government Aquarium; ferry to Riddle Bay;ocean bathing; much more.

Excerpts: \"...to either side were the green islands with little fairy houses, coral pink and gleaming white...\"

\"I\'m struck with the quiet, the simplicity and ease and good manners of the natives.\"

Cave ruined by \"some old chatter box and her oil-can of a husband.\" \"The old witch\' held up the party.\"

[Elbow Beach] \"When I stepped out, even in the balmy sunshine, I felt like Adam in the original scene of the world.\"

VG+ condition with no tears. Covers with expected wear, binding tight.