Books By - John Weldon Evans
A ROAD With Memories
This is a book of stories about men and women who struggle every day to overcome fear of the unknown and to confront life’s many adversities. They dream of a better life, and often fall short, but find a way to survive.
Books By - John Weldon Evans
The James Edwards Story
James Edwards was born in the post construction era, 14 years after the Panama Canal was built. In the book, we see him as he goes through different stages of life in a town that also changes with events and time.
Books By - John Weldon Evans
Life’s Journey Through The Eyes Of A Poet
In this book, the author uses a poetic narrative to share his views of life as it unfolded through events, people, and places that had the greatest influence on him.
Books By - John Weldon Evans
The John Graham JR. Story
This is a story, buried in the archives of the past, about a young, unfledged teenager, John Graham Jr., who dreamt of becoming a digger on the Panama Canal like his father and who romanticized the experience as “The moving of mountains and the braving of swamps and jungles.”
Books By - John Weldon Evans
Songs And Stories Of A Digger’s Son
This book reflects on the plight of the so-called “West Indians” who came by the tens of thousands from the Caribbean islands to the wilderness of the Isthmus of Panama at the dawn of the twentieth century and who gave, in most cases, the last ounce of their strengths, and in many cases their lives, to help create the miracle of the Panama Canal.
About The Author
John Weldon Evans
John Weldon Evans was born in La Boca, Canal Zone and attended La Boca Elementary, Junior High, and Normal Training School during the nineteen thirties and forties.
He taught in the Panama Canal Zone “colored schools” in the towns of Silver City and La Boca, C.Z. until the year 1956 when he left to further his education and career in the U.S.A. In the U.S., he achieved B.A., M.A. and M.S. Degrees, and worked as a lecturer, and later as an administrator at the State University of New York Manhattan Educational Opportunity Center in Manhattan, administered by the Borough of Manhattan Community College. He is currently retired from teaching and now devotes his time to writing.
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