The Queen of Whale Cay
By: Kate Summerscale
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781408830512
Subjects: Millionaires; Biography; Women millionaires; Landowners; Women landowners
Description: Summerscale presents a biography of 'Joe' Carstairs, the woman champion motorboat racer of the 1920s who, in the 30s, bought and became 'ruler' of the island Whale Cay, in the British West Indies, before moving to Florida where she settled for 40 years, running a steamship freightline and setting up a chain of airports.
Notes: Originally published: London: Fourth Estate, 1997.

Includes bibliographical references.