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Full Color Edition -- In the 1670s, a Dutch settler named Claudius van Beverhoudt arrived on St. Thomas, Danish West Indies. He married a woman named Elizabeth deWindt and made St. Thomas his home. Arnold van Beverhoudt, Jr. is a direct 8th generation descendant of Claudius and Elizabeth. His paternal grandparents, Ernest and Elisa, were living on St. Thomas in 1917 when the Danish West Indies became the U.S. Virgin Islands. They eventually mo...

Black & White Edition -- In the 1670s, a Dutch settler named Claudius van Beverhoudt arrived on St. Thomas, Danish West Indies. He married a woman named Elizabeth deWindt and made St. Thomas his home. Arnold van Beverhoudt, Jr. is a direct 8th generation descendant of Claudius and Elizabeth. His paternal grandparents, Ernest and Elisa, were living on St. Thomas in 1917 when the Danish West Indies became the U.S. Virgin Islands. They eventually...

In a trio of Island Boy Photobooks subtitled "My Life in Pictures, " Arnold presents a visual history of his family and their life on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas. The first book in the series presented 70 years of family and island photos, spanning from 1910 to 1979. This book - "My Life in Pictures 2" - highlights family and island history through the 1980s and 1990s in hundreds of full color photos. That includes coverage of the devas...

I've been fascinated by the storytelling of Walt Disney since I was about 4 years old and my mother read the story of Dumbo to me. Later in life, I had the opportunity to visit the recently-opened Magic Kingdom in Orlando and I've been a fan ever since. This book presents almost 700 full color photos that I've taken over the years of the Disney theme parks. Come travel through time with me as we see the changes and the additions at Walt Disney...

In a trio of Island Boy Photobooks subtitled "My Life in Pictures, " Arnold presents a visual history of his family and of life on the Caribbean island of Saint Thomas. The 1st and 2nd books in the series presented 90 years of family and island photos, spanning from 1910 to 1999. This final book - "My Life in Pictures 3" - highlights family and island life through the first 15 years of the 21st Century - 2000 to 2014. Year 2000 began with the ...

In a trio of Island Boy Photobooks subtitled "My Life in Pictures, " Arnold presents a visual history of his family and that of his wife, Helena. Through hundreds of family photos - most in full color - "My Life in Pictures 1" presents Arnold's and Helena's grandparents, parents, and other family members. The story continues through 70 years of family and island history, from 1910 to 1979. That period had its personal and community tragedies, ...

For 35 years (1971 to 2006), Arnold was an auditor with the U.S. Department of the Interior. His office audited the revenues, expenditures, and operations of the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands. From 1997 to 2001, Arnold also supervised Interior's audit office on the island of Guam. That office audited the finances of the Pacific islands that receive Federal grants. In this second in a series of Island Boy Photobooks, Arnold presents a v...

In the 1600s, Denmark established settlements on the islands of St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix. They became known as the Danish West Indies. In the early days of World War I, the United States took a keen interest in the islands because of their location and the possibility they might fall under control of Germany. Denmark agreed to sell the islands to the United States and, on March 31, 1917, the Danish West Indies were officially transf...

The Ventures are recognized as the most popular and successful instrumental rock and roll band in the world. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008, the 50th anniversary of the band's formation by Don Wilson and Bob Bogle. This book offers my suggestions for what I consider to be an "essential albums collection" of The Ventures' music. I limited the listings to albums (LPs, EPs, and CDs) released in the United States, J...

During business trips and family vacations over the years, Arnold has been able make repeated visits to the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC and to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This addition to his series of "Island Boy Photobooks" takes you on a photographic visit to those shrines to mankind's adventures in air and space. With more than 700 full color photographs taken by Arnold and his brother Steven, this book cata...