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Aruba, a Brief History
Aruba, a Brief History: Early Days, Lago, Devil's Island Escapees, the Antilla Sinking, and the U-156 Attack | Ed McGlynn
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Ed and family were part of Lago from 1929 until 1947. The book is not academic or scholarly, but it gives some of the basic facts in an entertaining way, I hope. Naturally, it deals with government, the oil refinery, and WWIII
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This is a humorous look at the history of #Aruba, mainly during the author‘s and his family‘s lifetimes on the island, the 1920s on, with family photos. It was really not the place it is now, which is thanks to big oil that can afford to make a desert island with no water source into a vacation destination. The humor makes it fun, but there‘s a misplaced joke at the beginning about Japanese internment camps in WWII. And there are typos. ⬇️

Librarybelle Misplaced jokes 😔 13mo
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5feet.of.fury I went to Aruba for my 30th bday (and want to go back for my relatively soon 40th) it was lovely. 13mo
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I‘ve picked my next ebook free on Kindle Unlimited. For #Aruba #readingtheAmericas @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

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