{"title":"Valerie Sims","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"vintage-norman-island","title":"Vintage Norman Island","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDiscover Norman Island's History of Piracy and Buried Treasure!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe pursuit of buried treasure is the stuff of legends and has fascinated people for centuries with its promise of gleaming gold doubloons and pieces-of-eight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen a prominent St. Thomas merchant accumulates 1,500 acres in the Virgin Islands, members of his community suspect he has found his wealth in a bat-filled cave on Norman Island in the British Virgin Islands.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe island, after all, was t\u003cimg\u003e\u003cimg\u003ehe secret hiding place for Captain Owen Lloyd in 1750, when he and ten pirates buried 44 wooden chests of stolen silver, but Henry O. Creque stayed silent as the rumors swirled around town.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDid Creque really find a stash of precious coins in a dimly-lit cavern?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJoin the author, who is one of Creque's great-great-granddaughters, on this exciting adventure as she unravels the cryptic clues passed down in the her family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey may reveal the closely guarded secret her ancestor was trying to keep!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNorman Island is thought to be the inspiration behind Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTreasure Island.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eVintage Norman Island\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis a collection of fascinating stories about the hunt for hidden treasure.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Valerie Sims","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50868021788839,"sku":"26612","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/5935\/files\/valerie-sims-norman-island.jpg?v=1781023661"},{"product_id":"vintage-st-john","title":"Vintage St. John","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGet ready to be transported back to a nostalgic time in St. John's history when survival meant clearing the land for cattle pastures, cultivating the soil and fishing...all the feed one's family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeven generations of heartfelt stories of love and loss abound in this family memoir about the US Virgin Islands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRich in history and heritage, the author shares some of the most memorable stories that have been handed down in her family from generation to generation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"When a prominent St. Thomas merchant accumulates 2,500 acres on the island of St. John to raise cattle and cultivate bay leaves, he has no idea that his generation will be the last to farm the land.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring the 1920s to the 1950s, Herman O. Creque's hard work pays off on his estates of Annaberg, Mary's Point, and Lamesure, but at the peak of their profitability, he dies, leaving them all to his wife, Emily.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrancis Bay is their children's favorite with almost thirty years of summer memories, fishing, hunting, and crabbing. One day, the beach and summer cottage will be theirs, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eor so they believe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen two conservationists from the United States, Laurance Rockefeller, and Frank Stick visit the island in 1952, they find the unspoiled nature of Emily's lands enchanting and \"wish to preserve them for the enjoyment of the nation.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLittle do Emily's children suspect that life as they know it is about to change forever, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eand the unthinkable will tear their family apart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eVintage St. John\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a collection of their heartfelt memories woven together from personal interviews. 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