An island of fire; the first settlers; the Kalinago - the island Carib; Columbus and Spain; land of two nations; France moves in; the British and Dominica; the plantation; the French return; the fighting Maroons; revolution and ransom; the last Maroon war; peace and freedom; the years of change; an unsettled society; new men, new energy; between two wars; the church; development and welfare; after God, the land; statehood; towards independence; a stormy path; inventing a nation.