The Making of the Guyana and West Indies Cricketer and its Context 1930s-1960s
By Clem Seecharan with Ian McDonald
Book Review by Ken Puddicombe
About the authors: Guyanese born Clem Seecharan is Emeritus Professor of History at London Metropolitan University. He has written numerous books on cricket, its history and social impact on Guyana, the West Indies and the world. Ian McDonald has written extensively on cricket. His novel The Hummingbird Tree (1969) was made into a BBC film. He won the Guyana Prize for Literature — Poetry three times: in 1992, 2004 and 2012.
ABOUT THE BOOK: JOE SOLOMON AND THE SPIRIT OF PORT MOURANT is a tribute to Guyanese and West Indian cricketer Joe Solomon who “played in 14 of the 15 tests led by the first black captain of the West Indies, Sir Frank Worrell between 1960 and 1963.”
The book was awarded the 1st Guyana Prize For Literature (Non-Fiction) in 2022.
