How We Gypsies See The Americans (Illustrated Edition): A Behind The Scenes Look Into The Culture, Traditions, & Everyday Life of The Scottish Gypsies ... Maine (Memoirs of a Gypsy Queen Book 2)

How We Gypsies See The Americans

When I first started this project, to write a book that ended the stereotypes about Gypsies by answering questions outsiders had about us, I had sent a request out, for people to send me their questions. If they could ask a Gypsy anything, what would they ask? The request said, send as many questions as you like. Most people sent in multiple questions. I had originally planned on just one book, however, more then 2,000 questions came back and even if I only devoted a single paragraph to each question, it would be more then a thousand pages long, and I like to devote a bit of detail and several pages to each question. Thus a single book, became a series of books instead. I am trying to sort the questions by theme or topic, with a single theme per book.

Interestingly, I received quite a few questions asking in one way or another, the exact same question, which was: “There are a lot of stereotypes about Gypsies and Gypsies are seen in a certain way because of it. What I wanted to know was, do Gypsies have stereotypes about us Non-Gypsies? If so, what are they? How are Americans seen through the eyes of the Gypsies?”

And so that is the topic of this volume of the series: looking at the stereotypes Gypsies have about Americans and what Americans look like through the eyes of the Gypsies. Let’s jump right in with:

QUESTION: Why do the Gypsies keep to themselves and not associate with the rest of us?

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TYPE: Non-Fiction ChapBooks
WORD COUNT: 63,430 words
PAGE COUNT: 200 printed paperback pages
POINT OF VIEW: first person commentary; diary style
GENRE: Non-Fiction; Memoir; Autobiography; Social Sciences>Cultural Studies>Ethnic Groups>Gypsy Lifestyle

ABOUT THE SERIES: In Memoirs of a Gypsy Queen The Queen of the Scottish Gypsies of Old Orchard Beach, Maine, EelKat Wendy Christine Allen, recounts events from her life in quick first person "dear diary" style glimpses at the world around her and what life is REALLY like for the year round residents of Old Orchard Beach, Maine. Each volume of this series is made up of actual diary entries.

I hope you will enjoy reading these chapbooks as much as I have enjoyed writing them for you.

~Many hugs & kisses From EelKat