From Go-Bay to Mer-ka
A Life That I Would Live Again
by
Book Details
About the Book
Go-Bay, a district in North Eastern St Catherine
on the Island of Jamaica where there was only
one way in and one way out! In his book Owen
brings his reader into the heart of the district
and the island of Jamaica as he unfolds historic
events unique to that island only. Learn how
Owen eyes were open to the United States of
America (Mer—Ka) and the turn of events that took place in his life.
Hutchison, known as the “Mad Master of Edinburgh Castle”,
born in Scotland 1733 and studied medicine came to Jamaica in the
1760s to an estate known as Edinburgh Castle.
Jamaican soldiers were involved in the First World War on
November 8, 1915. It was then that Brigadier General Black
Den sent off the fi rst Jamaican contingent to serve in the First
World War. Brigadier General Black Den stated, “Some of you
may be killed, many will be wounded, but in bidding you farewell
I hope that those who fall may fall gloriously with their faces to
the foe and victory gleaming on their bayonets.”
Learn of the tragedy at Kendal in 1957, the Bog Walk Tube, Jamaica
National Heroes, Jamaica Independence and how Owen overcame
the crippling disease of poliomyelitis. Larry King, Michael Kinsley
and Robert Novak of CNN are those persons who opened Owen
eyes to Mer-Ka and the world at large.