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    Tales of the Spirits
    Tales of the Spirits
    Tales of the Spirits
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    Tales of the Spirits

    By Kempton McAlmont and Tony Kissoon

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    The stories told in this book may set many readers thinking. For instance, the Massacuraman, the Water Baby, and the Moon Gaser all have some relevance to creatures here in the United Statesnamely Big Foot, mermaids, and the Moon Gaser, as related to old cotton pickers of the South. The others have relevance to countries like Venezuela, where I saw shrunken men. It is therefore up to the reader to determine whether these stories are fact or fiction.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAbbott Press
    Release dateMay 1, 2014
    ISBN9781458215529
    Tales of the Spirits
    Author

    Kempton McAlmont

    Tony Kissoon was born in 1952, as the younger of twins; he has two brothers and three sisters. His mother’s name is Lyla Kissoon; his father, Alston, died in an Air India crash in1966. Tony majored in economics at McGill University and earned a master’s degree in economic history from London University. He has received many rewards from ABI and IBC and has written many political and economic papers for Guyana.

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      Tales of the Spirits - Kempton McAlmont

      Copyright © 2014 Retold by Tony Kissoon.

      Interior Graphics/Art Credit: Kempton McAlmont

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      Abbott Press books may be ordered through booksellers or by contacting:

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      Phone: 1-866-697-5310

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      ISBN: 978-1-4582-1551-2 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4582-1552-9 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2014907475

      Abbott Press rev. date: 04/21/2014

      Contents

      Acknowledgements

      About the Author

      Editor’s Note

      Author’s Introduction

      1   The Massacuraman

      2   The Water Baby

      3   The Old Higue

      4   The Bacoo

      5  The Moon Gazer

      6   The Living Dead

      7   The White Man

      Acknowledgements

      To Mr. Vic Insanally, who demonstrated great patience and tolerance.

      33883.png To Mr. Allan Fenty, for his various and learned editorial insights.

      33885.png To Kempton McAlmont, graduate of the Burrowes School of Art, for his illustrations.

      33887.png To Dai, who painstakingly typed the original draft.

      33889.png To my family: Uncle Hemraj, Kim, Christopher, Anne, Tara, and last but not least, the late Cde. Viola Burnham, for her comments.

      33896.png The Kissoon’s Group of Companies.

      Dedication

      I dedicate this book to my mother,

      Mrs. Lyla Kissoon,

      who has always encouraged me

      in difficult and not so difficult times.

      About the Author

      T ony Kissoon was born on June 18, 1952. He is the second twin of two sons of Mr. Alston and Mrs. Lyla Kissson, the first twin being named Alston Kissoon, According to their mother, their names were chosen after seeing a movie starring Kim Novak and Tony Curtis. Hence, their nick names were and still are Kim and Tony Kissoon. In fact, at birth, they were so identical that Anthony was tattooed on the left leg to ensure accurate and proper identity.

      In his early years, Tony was educated at Mrs. Allen’s Primary School. He then proceeded to Elementary School at Sacred Heart R. C. School on Main Street. In those days, in order to enter one of the top schools in the country, it was necessary to pass the Common Entrance examination. This he did, and managed to gain entry into St. Stanislaus College on Brickdam in Georgetown.

      In the early sixties, there was political turmoil and violence in the country and his parents decided to send both Kim, Tony and their third son Christopher, to Barbados. Tony continued to do well academically either placing first or second in his class. But his longing was to return home to Guyana.

      After spending two terms at school in Barbados, he returned home and restarted at St. Stanislaus College. He was always studying and continued to do well at school. Being the only twins in

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