North Amerikkkan Blues

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Title North Amerikkkan Blues

Author	Evan X Hyde
Country	Belize
Language	English
Genre(s)	Autobiographical novel
Publisher	Angelus Press
Released	1971 (original); 1995 (re-release in X-Communication)
Media type	Print
Pages	90 pp

North Amerikkkan Blues is the first novel from Belizean Evan X Hyde, published in 1971. It is autobiographical and tells the story of Hyde's time at Dartmouth College, an Ivy League school in Hanover, New Hampshire, U.S.A.. Hyde received a B.A. in English in 1968 from this college.

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Evan Anthony Hyde is telling the story of his last few months at St. John's College Sixth Form (now Junior College) in which he receives a scholarship from the local embassy to study at Dartmouth. After enduring threats from a Jesuit teacher who dislikes Hyde and wants to take his scholarship away despite his academic performance, the eighteen year old leaves Belize for Dartmouth. While there, he makes new friends and learns much more than he would have wished about the world outside of Belize. After two years and many adventures, Hyde makes a decision that would affect his life forever.