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	A High Wind in Jamaica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A High Wind in Jamaica is a 1929 novel by Richard Hughes.
		The plot concerns a group of children who are captured by pirates, and was considered somewhat daring in its time because of the way they respond to their situation.
		Essentially, what makes the film fascinating is the theme of children growing up and their contact with a world of adults (the pirates) who act as if they are grown-up children (Quinn's performance wonderfully captures the essence of the adult child).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/A_High_Wind_in_Jamaica (261 words)

	Jamaica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Jamaica in the eighteenth century was the jewel in Britain's imperial crown.
		Jamaica was originally settled by the Arawak Indians, who called...
		Jamaica's mixed economic outlook is expected to continue into...
	taiwanese.encyclopedia.st /Jamaica (322 words)

	The DVD Journal \| Quick Reviews: A High Wind in Jamaica
		A High Wind in Jamaica (1965) is a movie everybody should see when they're ten and beginning to guess that adults are completely insane.
		High Wind is one of the better movies to watch with your kids, each of you carrying away a different experience and equally satisfied.
		This is the work of a master in his declining years, but a master nonetheless, and for all of its sentiment, the movie does avoid the kind of Disneyfication the setup might suggest and provides a nice antidote to more dour and fatalistic fables of the anarchistic child's heart, e.g.
	www.dvdjournal.com /quickreviews/h/highwindinjamaica.q.shtml (421 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: A High Wind in Jamaica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A High Wind in Jamaica is not so much a book as a curious object, like a piece of driftwood torqued into an alarming shape from years at sea.
		First published in 1929, A High Wind in Jamaica has been compared to Lord of the Flies in its unflinching portrayal of innocence corrupted, but Richard Hughes is the supreme ironist William Golding never was.
		On its surface, Hughes' High Wind in Jamaica is the story of two families of young cchildren, sent home to England by their parents following a cataclysmic hurricane that levels their plantation in Jamaica.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0940322153 (1433 words)

	A High Wind In Jamaica
		The innocent voyage: (A high wind in Jamaica) (Harper's modern classics)
		A high wind in Jamaica, or, The innocent voyage
		The innocent voyage: Based upon the novel, "A high wind in Jamaica," by Richard Hughes
	www.veryhappening.com /things/a_high_wind_in_jamaica (63 words)

	1929 in literature - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Candide by Voltaire was declared obscene by the United States Customs and seized in 1930.
		A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes is published.
		A High Wind in Jamaica - Richard Hughes
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1929_in_literature (292 words)

	DVD Savant Review: A High Wind in Jamaica
		A High Wind in Jamaica actually stands in a category by itself, like most of the movies of the great director Alexander Mackendrick.
		His kids in A High Wind in Jamaica are rambunctious but not brats, inquisitive and disobedient without being obnoxious.
		A High Wind in Jamaica somehow avoids the credibility problem that comes with the thought that pirates with a price on their heads wouldn't think twice about murdering a half-dozen troublesome brats.
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	Amazon.com: High Wind in Jamaica: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A High Wind in Jamaica is unlike any book I've read before in that Richard Hughes successfully found a great plot for an adventure novel and wrote it from childrens' perspectives.
		Although the children are involved in some very exciting adventures with pirates and natural disasters, they sometimes don't realize it, if at all, until long after it happened, and since you only see what the children see and understand (which may not be what is actually happening) this can prove frustrating.
		In A High Wind, you are left to wonder, as a 5 year old child wonders, what in the world is going on around him.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0884111288?v=glance (2682 words)

	NYRB Classics: A High Wind in Jamaica
		Its dreamlike action begins among the decayed plantation houses and overwhelming natural abundance of late nineteenth-century Jamaica, before moving out onto the high seas, as Hughes tells the story of a group of children thrown upon the mercy of a crew of down-at-the-heel pirates.
		A High Wind in Jamaica...is a grand fantasy- with a level of insight- into the minds of children of the same magnitude on the literary Richter scale as Lord of the Flies, Peter Pan, and, to a lesser extent, The Chronicles of Narnia.
		...[A High Wind in Jamaica] is a fascinating study in child psychology.
	www.nybooks.com /shop/product?usca_p=t&product_id=15 (479 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - A High Wind In Jamaica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		However, what sets A High Wind in Jamaica apart from most films is one of Mackendrick's greatest strengths: eliciting natural, strong performances from his cast.
		The rest of the cast is equally fine, especially Deborah Baxter in one of the most remarkable performances I have seen by a child actor.
		A High Wind in Jamaica is selling for $14.95 or less in most stores.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/highwindinjamaica.php (818 words)

	Amazon.com: Lonely Planet Jamaica (Lonely Planet Jamaica, 2nd ed): Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This is, however, the guide par excellence for those who want to know as much as possible about Jamaica, its people and culture, and who will be traveling around the island, perhaps to areas remote from the tourist industry, for an extended period of time.
		It can be a tricky place to be, and most tourists don't venture far from the resort areas, so if you are going cross-country on your own then you should definitely read what he has to say.
		I beleive that within these important pages of this book, the reader can determine if indeed Jamaica is a place they might want to go to, or stay away from.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0864427808?v=glance (1188 words)

	Samsara Welcomes Kenneth Pobo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		High Wind in Jamaica was first published in 1929 as The Innocent Voyage.
		The book opens on the island of Jamaica, in the early to mid-1800s, introducing readers to the Bas-Thornton children - in particular John and Emily.
		The setting is Edenic, with the children often going about naked -- being quite comfortable in having gone “native.” They spend their days swimming, climbing trees, and capturing animals.
	www.samsaraquarterly.net /7/harris.htm (1667 words)

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		Mary's father wouldn't even open the door, as she had it in her arms and it was tiny and cutesy and he didn't want the girls to get wind of it.
		Nicole, he told me after he sent her off, said Boo was going to kill it if she didn't find a home for it right now, by this afternoon.
		That street code we're faulting a certain lady for having:it was less that, more of being unsure how to handle things; she took his direction.This I know--she could not talk to me in front of him,barely did when he wasn't there.He'd decreed---she had no autonomy.
	www.homestead.com /801fun/book.html (1385 words)

	a tunnel under the world hurrah
		A High Wind in Jamaica tells the story of a group of children sent to England after a hurricane destroys their homes in Jamaica.
		Using A High Wind in Jamaica, as Kertzer did, with reference to a transcript of a taped interview between me and an 11-year-old reader, I shall examine whether or not this is a book for children, and whether or not good readers (rather than just older ones) are questioning.
		A High Wind in Jamaica has a publishing history that relates specifically to this question, and I shall make brief analysis of this, as well as the changing look of the book, as an analogy for the changing condition of childhood and the child reader.
	web.pitas.com /tashtunnel/DrVick.html (4640 words)

	A High Wind in Jamaica -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A High Wind in Jamaica -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		A High Wind in Jamaica is a 1929 novel by (additional info and facts about Richard Hughes) Richard Hughes.
		The plot concerns a group of children who are captured by (Someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation) pirates, and was considered somewhat daring in its time because of the way they respond to their situation.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/a/a_high_wind_in_jamaica.htm (238 words)

	The Laser's Edge - A High Wind in Jamaica
		Based on a novel by Richard Hughes, this drama takes an unusual look at both seafaring pirates and the true nature of children.
		The Thorntons, a British family living in Jamaica, decide to pull up stakes and sail back to England after Frederick Thornton (Nigel Davenport) and his wife (Isabel Dean) decide that life in the Caribbean is having a negative effect on her children's sense of order and discipline.
		While returning home, their ship is attacked by Capt. Chavez (Anthony Quinn), who along with his first mate Zac (James Coburn), begins to loot the ship for valuables.
	www.lasersedge.com /item_detail.asp?id=49451 (258 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on A High Wind in Jamaica at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The 1965 movie "A High Wind in Jamaica" followed upon the rediscovery of earlier Hughes.
		It starts with a girl (Emily Thornton, played by Deborah Baxter) trying to gather up her cat as a hurricane is striking what we assume from the title is Jamaica, a rather unconvincing Pinewood Studio set of a house collapsing and a cellar amazingly unaffected by the house above it falling down.
		Kedrova's part in "Wind" is quite small (and very cliched; but even more than for her role in "Zorba the Greek," I'll always remember the incandescent Kedrova performance opposite Melvyn Douglas in "Tell Me a Riddle").
	www.epinions.com /content_170567503492 (999 words)

	Hughes, R. Mss. Inventory
		High wind in Jamaica (screenplay by Elizabeth Hart, [1934])
		High wind in Jamaica (screenplay by T.E.B. Clarke, 1962) (3 folders)
		High wind in Jamaica (screenplay, by T.E.B. Clarke, 1962), cont.
	www.indiana.edu /~liblilly/lilly/mss/subfile/hughesrinv.html (2713 words)

	Richard Hughes - David Higham Associates
		Bestselling author of A HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA, FOX IN THE ATTIC and IN HAZARD.
		Published to great acclaim in 1929, this classic bestseller did away with Victorian sentimental visions of childhood and paved the way for later works such as Golding's Lord of the Flies.
		Set against a tropical landscape and the ever-present sea, A HiIGH WIND IN JAMAICA tells the story of a family of English children who, on being sent by their parents back to England from Jamaica, fall into the hands of pirates.
	www.davidhigham.co.uk /html/Clients/Hughes (108 words)

	A High Wind in Jamaica:Hughes, Richard Arthur Warren:0940322153:eCampus.com
		A High Wind in Jamaica:Hughes, Richard Arthur Warren:0940322153:eCampus.com
		After a terrible hurricane levels their Jamaican estate, the Bas-Thorntons decide to send their children back to the safety and comfort of England.
		On the way pirates set upon their ship, and the children are accidentally transferred to the pirate vessel, Jonsen, the well-meaning pirate captain, doesn't know how to dispose of his new cargo, while the children adjust with surprising case to their new life unequalled exploration of the nature and limits of innocence.
	www.ecampus.com /bk_detail.asp?isbn=0940322153 (83 words)

	GreenCine \| product main - A High Wind in Jamaica (1965)
		While admittedly A High Wind in Jamaica features some rollicking pirate action, there is a dark undercurrent that runs through the movie.
		The children in this movie belong to another race from the adults, dwelling in an amoral universe in which the actions of the adults in the film seem incomprehensible.
		A High Wind in Jamaica is an exploration of innocence and the bad things that can come of it.
	www.greencine.com /webCatalog?id=99174 (350 words)

	Alexander Mackendrick
		A High Wind In Jamaica (1965), in all of Mackendrick's output, is a compelling film that unites previous concerns into an epic scale.
		A British couple living in Jamaica send their children back to England for schooling, only to have the ship hijacked by pirates, while the children unknowingly stow away in the pirates' own ship.
		A High Wind In Jamaica is the last film in which he had creative control.
	www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/directors/03/mackendrick.html (4804 words)

	Intelliflix: Rent High Wind In Jamaica on DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Concerned that their children aren't growing up as "civilized" as they would in their native England, a couple decides to leave Jamaica and return home and return home with their family.
		However, when they inadvertently find their way onto a pirate ship, the children befriend, outwit and even frighten their shipmates.
		Richard Hughes' adaptation of his novel is engaging and haunting in this unforgettable well-crafted film.
	www.intelliflix.com /movie_view.dvd?id=25791 (439 words)

	A High Wind in Jamaica Movie: A High Wind in Jamaica DVD is available from Bestprices.com
		A High Wind in Jamaica Movie: A High Wind in Jamaica DVD is available from Bestprices.com
		Set on the high seas, this exciting and often hilarious adventure story concerns a group of children who are being sent to England by their parents, who are worried that their children are missing out on a civilized upbringing.
		But while floating across the ocean, a band of pirates hijacks the ship, spurring a sequence of outlandish events.
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	High Wind in Jamaica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Disturbed by the reaction of their children to the devastation wreaked by a wind storm, a British couple decides to send their brood away from Jamaica and back to England to receive a proper education.
		On the way, the children's boat is overtaken by a band of pirates led by Captain Chavez (Anthony Quinn) and his second-in-command Zac (James Coburn).
		The audio is showing quite a bit of deterioration, exhibiting as general harshness of tone and scratchiness throughout the film.
	www.classicsondvd.com /highwind.htm (284 words)

	A High Wind in Jamaica -- book review
		Paralleling persecution and accusation in today's religiously divided world is the life story of Bridget Bishop, the first woman put to death during the 1692 Salem witch trials.
		In fact, the work is still a pretty good read even though more than seventy-five years have passed since its original publication.
		You’ll be calling your travel agent to book the next flight to Jamaica after reading his description of Exeter Rock.
	www.curledup.com /highwind.htm (505 words)

	High Wind in Jamaica Example Essays.com - Over 101,000 essays, term papers and book reports!
		High Wind in Jamaica Example Essays.com - Over 101,000 essays, term papers and book reports!
		An Atypical Little Girl The character of Emily Thornton in A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes is not a typical 10-year-old English girl.
		Though in many ways she resembles a normal child, Emily’s mentality and the personal world she dwells in go beyond the average stereotype.
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	A High Wind in Jamaica (1965) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Plot Summary: The parents of children living in Jamaica, afraid that the kids are growing up uncivilized, decide to send them to England...
		It never appears on American TV (I've checked, there are several web sources one can use to track whether specific movies are scheduled to run, and I've never seen any of them showing High Wind appearing on any North American station.
		In fact, the only time any of theses sources showed it being broadcast anywhere was once, on a network in Japan back in 1988).
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	Review of A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes
		Review of A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes
		I can't count how many descriptions I've read of rivers, of houses, and of mountains that wind up having nothing to do with the upcoming story.
		When I hear of a house in the suburbs, it doesn't matter WHAT the author describes, I'm going to picture my parent's house in Northbrook, so get on with the plot.
	www.dougshaw.com /Reviews/review71.html (785 words)

	Powell's Books - A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes
		Powell's Books - A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes
		The dreamlike action of this masterful narrative begins among the decaying plantations of late-nineteenth-century Jamaica.
		It then moves to the high seas, as Richard Hughes tells the story of a group of children thrown upon the mercy of down-at-the-heels pirates.
	www.powells.com /cgi-bin/partner?partner_id=29017&cgi=product&isbn=0940322153 (355 words)

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