TY - BOOK AU - Salkey, Andrew AU - Papas, William. TI - Riot T2 - Caribbean modern classics / Children SN - 9781845231811 U1 - F Ja Sal 23 PY - 2011/// CY - Leeds PB - Peepal Tree Press Ltd KW - Labor unions KW - Fiction KW - Fathers and sons KW - Blacks KW - Jamaica KW - Jamaican fiction KW - fast KW - Children's stories KW - Juvenile works N1 - Originally published by Oxford University Press, 1967; "The other titles in this celebrated quartet are Hurricane (1964), Earthquake (1965) and Drought (1966)"--Back cover; Includes glossary N2 - "For Gerald Manston and his friends 'Shifty Shanks' and 'Fu Manchu' cycling round Kingston is the biggest excitement in their lives until the 'upheaval' when many of the city's working people go on strike and take to the streets. Gerald's father is an organiser in the new union fighting for a better life, but even he would be alarmed - if he found out - by how close Gearld and his friends get to the action ..."--Back cover ER -