Sons of Yocahu
Note: This book is being used to teach history classes on the college level and has generated much enthusiasm among students.
Adventure #1: SONS OF YOCAHU: A SAGA OF THE TAINOS' DEVASTATION ON HISPANIOLA
WHEN THE GODS COME TO CONQUER
Long ago, the Tainan people were visited by the great zemie, Yocahu. He taught them to live in peace and promised to return one day. So when Columbus's caravels appear on the Caribbean, the Tainan people believe that Yocahu walks amongst them once more. The Europeans, however, are set on conquest.THE CONQUERORS LOSE THEIR GODS
But every time the invaders force a native village to accept Christianity at sword point, they lose touch with their own god. It's not until the crippled son of the Taino chief befriends a cabin boy on Columbus's ship that the line between the cultures blurs. As the forcible pacification of the native islands escalates into genocide, the two boys become surprising allies in their quest to retain the principles of peace. It matters not whether a person practices the Tainan principles of peace, or truly believes in the Christian Prince of Peace. Those who learn to love are allSONS OF YOCAHU
Adventure #2: BEYOND THE RAINBOW
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A ROSE WITHOUT THORNS
Beyond the Rainbow is the true story of Dr. Rose L. Tse, a retired physician of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, who grew up in a China and came to the US for graduate school. She later made extensive contributions in organic chemistry and medicine.
After Rose attended Mt. Holoyoke for her masters degree, she entered Yale University and solved a problem that had baffled scientists for 36 years, when she discovered a structure for a thermochromic product from Anisilic acid. In 1953, she graduated from Yale with honors as its first female to receive a PhD in theoretical organic chemistry.
Rose later became a doctor and taught medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Her happiest moments occurred in 1972, when her family of 13 members – her parents, three brothers and their wives and children – joined her in America. She then gave up her many prominent positions so she would have more time to help each of them assimilate into the American culture.
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