The English in the West Indies; or, The Bow of Ulysses

Froude, James Anthony, The English in the West Indies; or, The Bow of Ulysses, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1888.

Froude, James Anthony, The English in the West Indies; or, The Bow of Ulysses, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1900.

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James Anthony Froude (23 April 1818 – 20 October 1894) was an English historian, novelist, biographer, and editor of Fraser's Magazine.
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Following completion of the Life of Carlyle Froude turned to travel, particularly through the British colonies, visiting South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and the West Indies. From these travels, he produced two books, Oceana, or, England and Her Colonies (1886) and The English in the West Indies (1888), which mixed personal anecdotes with Froude's thoughts on the British Empire. Froude intended, with these writings, "to kindle in the public mind at home that imaginative enthusiasm for the Colonial idea of which his own heart was full.".[58] However, these books caused great controversy, stimulating rebuttals and the coining of the term Froudacity (by Afro-Trinidadian intellectual John Jacob Thomas, who used it as the title of his book-length critique of The English in the West Indies).

See also Froudacity: West Indian Fables Explained.