Queen of Whale Cay

A fascinating biography of the woman champion motorboat racer of the 1920s who in the ''30s bought and became ''ruler'' of an island in the British West Indies. ''Joe'' Carstairs was born in London in 1900, the daughter of a Scottish colonel and an American heiress. Educated in Connecticut, she returned to Europe in 1916 and drove ambulances for the Women''s Legion in France. She deserted her husb...